Virginia House Bill 1271 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 27 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-04-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0736)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); exemption for local franchises. Broadens the current FOIA exemption to apply to any type of franchise and protects trade secrets and confidential proprietary information from both bidders for the franchise and the person who is ultimately awarded the franchise. Currently, the exemption is limited to cable TV franchises. The bill provides that no bidder, applicant, or franchisee may invoke the exclusion provided by this subdivision if the bidder, applicant, or franchisee is owned or controlled by a public body or if any representative of the applicable franchising authority serves on the management board or as an officer of the bidder, applicant, or franchisee.

Freedom of Information Act; exemption for local franchises, exception.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-04-14		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0736)
2008-03-27		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 736 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-03-09		Senate: Signed by President
2008-03-06		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-03-06		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1271ER)
2008-03-06		House: Enrolled
2008-03-04		Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2008-03-04		Senate: Read third time
2008-03-03		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-29		Senate: Passed by for the day
2008-02-27		Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N)
2008-02-19		Senate: Assigned GL&T sub: Subcommittee #1 (FOIA)
2008-02-11		Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2008-02-11		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2008-02-08		House: Communicated to Senate
2008-02-08		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2008-02-08		House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2008-02-07		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1271H1
2008-02-07		House: Committee substitute agreed to 081846492-H1
2008-02-07		House: Read second time
2008-02-06		House: Read first time
2008-02-05		House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2008-02-05		House: Committee substitute printed 081846492-H1
2008-01-17		House: Assigned GL sub: FOIA
2008-01-09		House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
2008-01-09		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088263492

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB1271