VA HB518 | 2010 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Freedom of Information Act; applicability; disclosure of criminal records; noncriminal incident information. Provides that in the event a public body transferred possession of public records for storage, maintenance or archiving, the public body initiating the transfer shall remain the custodian of the records for the purpose of responding to FOIA requests. The bill also adds a definition of "criminal investigative file" and clarifies what records are exempt from FOIA as so defined. The bill provides that undercover operations and protective detail records as well as records of background and internal affairs investigations held by any state or local law-enforcement agencies are exempt from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA.

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Title

Freedom of Information Act; public body shall remain responsible for retrieving public records, etc.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2010-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-12 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-09 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2010-04-11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627)
2010-04-11 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 627 (effective 7/1/10)
2010-03-11 Senate: Signed by President
2010-03-09 House: Signed by Speaker
2010-03-09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB518ER)
2010-03-09 House: Enrolled
2010-03-01 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2010-03-01 Senate: Read third time
2010-02-26 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2010-02-24 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
2010-02-15 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2010-02-15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2010-02-12 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
2010-02-12 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
2010-02-11 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB518H1
2010-02-11 House: Committee substitute agreed to 10105115D-H1
2010-02-11 House: Read second time
2010-02-10 House: Read first time
2010-02-09 House: Committee substitute printed 10105115D-H1
2010-02-09 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2010-02-04 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
2010-01-28 House: Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement
2010-01-27 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
2010-01-27 House: Referred from Science and Technology by voice vote
2010-01-12 House: Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
2010-01-12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102769D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
223703(n/a)See Bill Text
223706(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB518
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB518+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB518H1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB518ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0627+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+H1102V0020+HB0518
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+H11V0105+HB0518
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+HV0556+HB0518
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+S12V0214+HB0518
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+SV0501HB0518+HB0518
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+SV0513HB0518+HB0518

Bill Comments

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