Virginia Senate Bill 1371 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-02-04 - Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; repetitive requests; remedies. Allows a public body to petition the appropriate court for additional time to respond to a request for records when the request is one of a series of requests by the same requester and a response by the public body within the time required by FOIA will prevent the public body from meeting its operational responsibilities. The bill also authorizes a court, in any action to enforce the provisions of FOIA, to decline to order production of the requested records if the evidence shows that the frequency or volume of the record requests made by the petitioner (i) constitutes an unreasonable burden on the resources of the public body, (ii) will prevent the public body from meeting its operational responsibilities, or (iii) has been made to evade the payment of any charges assessed in accordance with FOIA. The bill contains technical amendments.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; repetitive requests, remedies.

Sen. Richard Stuart [R]

2013-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-04	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (15-Y 0-N)
2013-01-31	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2013-01-31	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 13104787D
2013-01-31	Senate	Unanimous consent to introduce

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1371
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1371+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S12V0096+SB1371