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2002 SESSION

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HB 729 Freedom of Information Act; definition of "public body", etc.

Introduced by: Clifton A. Woodrum | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Freedom of Information Act; definition of “public body”; application to constitutional officers. Provides that for the purposes of those provisions of FOIA applicable to access to public records, constitutional officers shall be considered public bodies and, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, shall have the same obligations to disclose public records as other custodians of public records. The bill also eliminates the term “public official” from FOIA. The bill also expand a current record exemption for criminal records to include case files or reports and witness statements. The bill contains technical amendments.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 027844996  pdf
• 01/31/02  House: Printed as engrossed 027844996-E  pdf
• 03/08/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB729ER)  pdf
• 04/03/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 027844996
• 01/09/02  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/28/02  House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 2
• 01/29/02  House: Reported from General Laws with amds (21-Y 1-N)
• 01/30/02  House: Read first time
• 01/31/02  House: Read second time
• 01/31/02  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/31/02  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 01/31/02  House: Printed as engrossed 027844996-E
• 02/01/02  House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/02  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/02  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/04/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/04/02  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/13/02  Senate: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 1
• 02/20/02  Senate: Reported from General Laws (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/02  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/02  Senate: Read third time
• 02/25/02  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB729ER)
• 03/09/02  House: Enrolled
• 03/09/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/12/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/01/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 393 (effective 7/1/02)
• 04/03/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393)