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SB 552 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; mandatory disclosure of public employee.

Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusion from mandatory disclosure; names and training records of law-enforcement officers and fire marshals. Provides that the names and training records of law-enforcement officers as defined in § 9.1-101 and fire marshals as defined in § 27-30 shall be considered personnel records and excluded from mandatory disclosure under theVirginia Freedom of Information Act.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; mandatory disclosure of public employee position and salary information; exceptions. Provides that the provisions of FOIA do not require public access to records of the names, positions, job classifications, or other personal identifying information concerning (i) employees of state or local police departments or sheriff's offices who are responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or highway laws of the Commonwealth; (ii) special agents of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; (iii) officers of the Virginia Marine Police; (iv) conservation police officers who are full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; (v) investigators who are full-time sworn members of the security division of the Virginia Lottery; (vi) conservation officers of the Department of Conservation and Recreation commissioned pursuant to § 10.1-115; (vii) full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles appointed pursuant to § 46.2-217; or (viii) animal protection police officers employed under § 15.2-632.