Virginia House Bill 968 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-03 - Stricken from docket by General Laws (16-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of certain criminal investigative files; violent crimes. Prohibits a public body engaged in law-enforcement activities from disclosing any photographic, audio, video, or physical evidence from a violent crime unless the public body has notified (i) the victim, (ii) members of the victim's immediate family, if the victim is deceased; or (iii) the victim's parent or guardian, if the victim is a minor, of the request of such information. The bill allows such persons to file in an appropriate court a petition for an injunction to prevent release of the records and provides that the period within which the public body shall respond shall be tolled for the amount of time that elapses between the filing of the petition and any resulting disposition by the court. Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of certain criminal investigative files; violent crimes. Prohibits a public body engaged in law-enforcement activities from disclosing any photographic, audio, video, or physical evidence from a violent crime unless the public body has notified (i) the victim, (ii) members of the victim's immediate family, if the victim is deceased; or (iii) the victim's parent or guardian, if the victim is a minor, of the request of such information. The bill allows such persons to file in an appropriate court a petition for an injunction to prevent release of the records and provides that the period within which the public body shall respond shall be tolled for the amount of time that elapses between the filing of the petition and any resulting disposition by the court.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of certain criminal investigative files.

Del. Shelly Simonds [D]

2022-02-03 - House - House: Stricken from docket by General Laws (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2022-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-03	House	Stricken from docket by General Laws (16-Y 0-N)
2022-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
2022-01-21	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
2022-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2022-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101876D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3706.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB968
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB968+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB968F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1104V0009+HB0968
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H11V0066+HB0968