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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2004 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident information, criminal files.
Introduced by: Chris L. Hurst | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident information; criminal investigative files. Adds criminal investigative files, defined in the bill, relating to a criminal investigation or proceeding that is not ongoing, also defined in the bill, to the types of law-enforcement and criminal records required to be released in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Under current law, the release of criminal investigative files is discretionary. The bill provides that the mandatory release of criminal incident information relating to felony offenses and criminal investigative files shall not be required if the release of such information would likely effect certain results, outlined in the bill. The bill also extends the amount of additional time a public body has to respond, in the case of a request for certain criminal investigative files, from an additional seven work days to an additional 60 work days as long as the public body has communicated to the requester within the initial allowable five-work-day response period that it is not practically possible to provide the requested records or to determine whether they are available within the five-work-day period. The bill contains technical amendments. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101252D pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200329D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2004ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/31/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0483) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101252D
- 01/11/21 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/17/21 House: Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
- 01/19/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/21/21 House: Reported from General Laws (14-Y 8-N)
- 01/22/21 House: Read first time
- 01/25/21 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- 01/25/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/26/21 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
- 02/01/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
- 02/01/21 House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/02/21 House: Read first time
- 02/03/21 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/21 House: Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N)
- 02/04/21 House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 2-N 4-A)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200329D-S1
- 02/17/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/22/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/25/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21200329D-S1
- 02/25/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2004S1
- 02/25/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N)
- 02/25/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/25/21 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 21200329D-S1 (1-Y 97-N)
- 02/25/21 House: VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 97-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/25/21 House: House acceded to request
- 02/25/21 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/25/21 House: Delegates: Hurst, Carr, Cole, M.L.
- 02/25/21 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senators: Locke, Reeves, Boysko
- 02/26/21 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/27/21 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N)
- 02/27/21 House: Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)
- 02/27/21 House: VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 44-N)
- 03/09/21 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2004ER)
- 03/09/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 03/15/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/31/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 483 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/31/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0483)