Bill Text: VA HB150 | 2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; local public bodies to post meeting minutes on its website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396) [HB150 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HB150-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 396
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-3707.2, relating to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; posting of minutes; local public bodies.
[H 150]
Approved April 11, 2022
 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 2.2-3707.2 as follows:

§2.2-3707.2. Posting of minutes for local public bodies.

Except as provided in subsection H of §2.2-3707, any local public body subject to the provisions of this chapter shall post minutes of its meetings on its official public government website, if any, within seven working days of final approval of the minutes.

If a local public body does not own or maintain an official public government website, such public body shall make copies of all meeting minutes available no later than seven working days after final approval of the minutes (i) at a prominent public location in which meeting notices are regularly posted pursuant to subdivision C 2 of §2.2-3707; (ii) at the office of the clerk of the public body; or (iii) in the case of a public body that has no clerk, at the office of the chief administrator.

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