Virginia Senate Bill 727 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 1 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to noncriminal records. Clarifies public access to noncriminal records maintained by public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities. The bill reverses an April 2015 Virginia Supreme Court decision in Fitzgerald v. Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, which held that a noncriminal record must be a compilation in order for the exemption for noncriminal records to apply. The bill was also the subject of a Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council opinion (AO-08-15) concerning this exemption, which highlighted the need for clarification of this exemption based on the Fitzgerald holding.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to noncriminal records.

Sen. Ryan McDougle [R]

Sen. Richard Stuart [R]

2016-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 103 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-18 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-01		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184)
2016-03-01		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 184 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-02-23		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2016
2016-02-23	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/16
2016-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2016-02-23	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB727ER)
2016-02-23	Senate	Enrolled
2016-02-22	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
2016-02-22	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2016-02-22	House	Read third time
2016-02-19	House	Read second time
2016-02-18	House	Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N)
2016-02-15	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2016-02-15	House	Read first time
2016-02-15	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-11	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB727S1
2016-02-11	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 16105373D-S1
2016-02-11	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2016-02-11	Senate	Read second time
2016-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-08	Senate	Incorporates SB676
2016-02-08	Senate	Committee substitute printed 16105373D-S1
2016-02-08	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2016-01-22	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2016-01-22	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 16101516D

SB676 (Similar To) 2016-02-08 - Incorporated by General Laws and Technology
HB1318 (Same As) 2016-03-29 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3706	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB727
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB727+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB727S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB727ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0184+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S12V0067+SB0727
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0313SB0727+SB0727
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0331SB0727+SB0727
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0332SB0727+SB0727
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H11V0193+SB0727
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0771+SB0727