Virginia House Bill 904 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); general exclusion for trade secrets submitted to a public body. Creates a general record exclusion for trade secrets submitted to a public body. The bill provides that a record is eligible for exclusion as a trade secret if the submitted information qualifies as a trade secret of the submitting entity as defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (§59.1-336 et seq.) and requires the submitting entity to make a written request to the public body (i) invoking such exclusion upon submission of the trade secret information for which protection from disclosure is sought, (ii) identifying with specificity the trade secret information for which protection is sought, and (iii) stating the reasons why protection is necessary. The bill permits a requester filing a FOIA petition challenging a record's designation as an excluded trade secret to name the submitting entity or its successor in interest, in addition to the public body, as a defendant. The bill also permits the public body to request that the court add the submitting entity as an additional defendant in the action. The bill provides that the general exclusion for trade secrets shall not be construed to authorize the withholding of such information that no longer meets the definition of a trade secret under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.

Virginia FOIA; general exclusion for trade secrets submitted to a public body.

Del. Roxann Robinson [R]

2018-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in General Laws
2018-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2018-01-19	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
2018-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2018-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100192D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	1458	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2103.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2240.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3705.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3711	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3713	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	2	1803	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	2	1820	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB904
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB904+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1104V0018+HB0904
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1104V0038+HB0904