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2010 SESSION
HB 518 Freedom of Information Act; public body shall remain responsible for retrieving public records, etc.
Introduced by: Thomas Davis Rust | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Freedom of Information Act; applicability; disclosure of criminal records; noncriminal incident information. Provides that in the event a public body transferred possession of public records for storage, maintenance or archiving, the public body initiating the transfer shall remain the custodian of the records for the purpose of responding to FOIA requests. The bill also adds a definition of "criminal investigative file" and clarifies what records are exempt from FOIA as so defined. The bill provides that undercover operations and protective detail records as well as records of background and internal affairs investigations held by any state or local law-enforcement agencies are exempt from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102769D pdf
- 02/09/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10105115D-H1 pdf
- 03/09/10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB518ER) pdf
- 04/11/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102769D
- 01/12/10 House: Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
- 01/27/10 House: Referred from Science and Technology by voice vote
- 01/27/10 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/28/10 House: Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement
- 02/04/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/10 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10105115D-H1
- 02/10/10 House: Read first time
- 02/11/10 House: Read second time
- 02/11/10 House: Committee substitute agreed to 10105115D-H1
- 02/11/10 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB518H1
- 02/12/10 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/10 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/24/10 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/10 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/10 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/10 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB518ER)
- 03/09/10 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/10 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/10 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 627 (effective 7/1/10)
- 04/11/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627)