Bill Text: VA HB150 | 2022 | Regular Session | Engrossed
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-Engrossed.html
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 [ the conclusion
of a meeting 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.
