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2005 SESSION
HB 1791 Public Records Act; changes in provisions.
Introduced by: M. Kirkland Cox | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Public Records Act. Makes several clarifying and technical changes to the Virginia Public Records Act. The bill removes obsolete definitions, clarifies existing definitions of "archival records" and "public records," and creates a definition for "private record," a term that is used in the Act but not currently defined. The bill removes references to the preservation of medical records, an area of law that has been superseded by other state and federal medical records laws, and programs for microfilming records by The Library of Virginia, a service not provided by The Library of Virginia. The bill also clarifies that a public record may not be destroyed or discarded unless certain requirements are met. This change codifies current practice. This bill is a recommendation of the HJR 6 study (2004).
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 055005284 pdf
- 01/27/05 House: Introduced bill reprinted 055005284 pdf
- 02/01/05 House: Committee substitute printed 055066284-H1 pdf
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1791ER) pdf
- 04/04/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0787) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/05/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 055005284
- 01/05/05 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/12/05 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: Subcommittee #2...
- 01/27/05 House: Introduced bill reprinted 055005284
- 02/01/05 House: Reported from General Laws with sub (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/05 House: Committee substitute printed 055066284-H1
- 02/02/05 House: Read first time
- 02/03/05 House: Read second time
- 02/03/05 House: Committee substitute agreed to 055066284-H1
- 02/03/05 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1791H1
- 02/04/05 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/05 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/04/05 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/16/05 Senate: Reported from General Laws (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/05 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/05 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1791ER)
- 03/09/05 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 787 (effective 7/1/05)
- 04/04/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0787)