VA SB1264 | 2013 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Freedom of Information Act; access to criminal and other records held by public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities. Reorganizes § 2.2-3706 of the Freedom of Information Act relating to access to criminal records and other records held by law-enforcement agencies. The only substantive changes in the bill are to (i) expand to the state law-enforcement agencies the ability to withhold portions of noncriminal incident information and (ii) allow law-enforcement agencies to make a verbal response for requests for criminal incident information. The bill also clarifies that personnel records of persons employed by a law-enforcement agency are not noncriminal records but subject to the personnel records and background investigation records exemptions. The bill contains technical amendments and is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.

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Title

VA. FOIA; access to criminal and other records.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2013-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-14 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Bills placed in block (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0695)
2013-03-21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 695 (effective 7/1/13)
2013-02-23SenateSigned by President
2013-02-22HouseSigned by Speaker
2013-02-22SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB1264ER)
2013-02-22SenateEnrolled
2013-02-19HouseVOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
2013-02-19HousePassed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2013-02-19HouseRead third time
2013-02-18HouseRead second time
2013-02-14HouseReported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
2013-02-11HouseAssigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement
2013-02-11HouseReferred to Committee on General Laws
2013-02-11HouseRead first time
2013-02-11HousePlaced on Calendar
2013-02-05SenatePassed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-05SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-05SenateBills placed in block (39-Y 0-N)
2013-02-05SenateRead second time and engrossed
2013-02-05SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-04SenateReported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
2013-01-11SenateReferred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2013-01-11SenatePresented and ordered printed 13100313D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
1521713.1(n/a)See Bill Text
223706(n/a)See Bill Text
223711(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1264
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1264+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1264ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0695+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S12V0088+SB1264
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0375SB1264+SB1264
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0377SB1264+SB1264
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0376SB1264+SB1264
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0378SB1264+SB1264
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H11V0200+SB1264
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV1045+SB1264

Bill Comments

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