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2019 SESSION
SB 1431 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; training requirements for local elected officials.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; training requirements; proceedings for enforcement. Requires the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council or the local government attorney to provide, and local elected officials to complete, an online training session on the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill requires local elected officials to complete such training at least once every two years while they are in office. The bill also eliminates the three-day notice requirement for an expedited hearing on a petition for mandamus or injunction where violations relating to the open meeting requirements of the Act are alleged. The requirement of the bill for online training for local officials has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2020.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103021D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19104893D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1431ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103021D
- 01/08/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/21/19 Senate: Assigned GL&T sub: #1
- 01/28/19 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19104893D-S1
- 01/28/19 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/31/19 Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/19 Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/05/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19104893D-S1
- 02/05/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1431S1
- 02/05/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/19 House: Read first time
- 02/08/19 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/08/19 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
- 02/12/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/19 House: Reported from General Laws with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 House: Read second time
- 02/19/19 House: Read third time
- 02/19/19 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/19/19 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/19/19 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/19/19 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/19 Senate: House amendments rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N)
- 02/21/19 House: House insisted on amendments
- 02/21/19 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/21/19 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/19 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/21/19 Senate: Senators: Obenshain, DeSteph, Mason
- 02/21/19 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/21/19 House: Delegates: Hodges, Davis, Hope
- 02/22/19 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/22/19 House: Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/19 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/07/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1431ER)
- 03/07/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- 03/11/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/18/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 531 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531)