Virginia Senate Bill 1431 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 18 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; training requirements; proceedings for enforcement. Requires the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council or the local government attorney to provide, and local elected officials to complete, an online training session on the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill requires local elected officials to complete such training at least once every two years while they are in office. The bill also eliminates the three-day notice requirement for an expedited hearing on a petition for mandamus or injunction where violations relating to the open meeting requirements of the Act are alleged. The requirement of the bill for online training for local officials has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; training requirements for local elected officials.

Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]

2019-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-20 - Senate - Senate: House amendments rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N) (Y: 2 N: 38 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2019-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531)
2019-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 531 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-03-11	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
2019-03-09	Senate	Signed by President
2019-03-07	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1431ER)
2019-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-23	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
2019-02-22	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-22	House	Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-22		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2019-02-21	House	Delegates: Hodges, Davis, Hope
2019-02-21	House	Conferees appointed by House
2019-02-21	Senate	Senators: Obenshain, DeSteph, Mason
2019-02-21	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2019-02-21	Senate	Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-21	House	House requested conference committee
2019-02-21	House	House insisted on amendments
2019-02-20	Senate	House amendments rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N)
2019-02-19	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-19	House	Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-19	House	Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
2019-02-19	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2019-02-19	House	Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2019-02-19	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2019-02-19	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2019-02-19	House	Read third time
2019-02-18	House	Read second time
2019-02-14	House	Reported from General Laws with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2019-02-12	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2019-02-08	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
2019-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2019-02-08	House	Read first time
2019-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-05	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1431S1
2019-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 19104893D-S1
2019-02-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2019-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2019-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-31	Senate	Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
2019-01-28	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2019-01-28	Senate	Committee substitute printed 19104893D-S1
2019-01-28	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
2019-01-21	Senate	Assigned GL&T sub: #1
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2019-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103021D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3704.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3713	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1431
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1431+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1431S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1431ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0531+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S12V0071+SB1431
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S05V0253+SB1431
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0353SB1431+SB1431
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0415SB1431+SB1431
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0416SB1431+SB1431
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1104V0027+SB1431
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H11V0271+SB1431
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2951+SB1431
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2994+SB1431
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0876SB1431+SB1431
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0985SB1431+SB1431
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3302+SB1431
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV1076SB1431+SB1431