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2006 SESSION

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SB 557 Freedom of Information; Forensic Science Board & Scientific Advisory Committee have closed meeting.

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SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); closed meeting exemption; Forensic Science Board and Scientific Advisory Committee.  Allows the Forensic Science Board or the Scientific Advisory Committee to meet in a closed meeting when discussing or considering records relating to complaints, memoranda, correspondence, case files or reports, witness statements, and evidence relating to a criminal investigation or prosecution, which records are excluded from FOIA pursuant to subdivision F 1 of § 2.2-3706.  This bill is identical to HB 845.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/06  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 067657134  pdf
• 03/06/06  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB557ER)  pdf
• 04/06/06  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0499)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/11/06  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 067657134
• 01/11/06  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 01/24/06  Senate: Assigned GL&T sub: #1
• 02/01/06  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/06  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/06  Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/06  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/07/06  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/06  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/06  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/13/06  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/06  House: Read first time
• 02/13/06  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/16/06  House: Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement (Marshall, D.)
• 02/21/06  House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/06  House: Read second time
• 02/23/06  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/24/06  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/27/06  House: Read third time
• 02/27/06  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/06  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/06  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB557ER)
• 03/07/06  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/07/06  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/08/06  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/31/06  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 499 (effective 7/1/06)
• 04/06/06  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0499)