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2022 SESSION
HB 980 FOIA; exclusions to application of chapter, local administrative investigations, disclosure.
Introduced by: Angelia Williams Graves | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions to application of chapter; local administrative investigations; disclosure. Adds email addresses as information that, when furnished in confidence to the local governing body, with respect to complainants in local investigations are exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill expands the applicability of the exemption to zoning enforcement complaints for all such complaints, not just individual enforcement complaints. The bill also adds local public health and safety, nuisance, and waste and recycling complaints to the list of complainants whose personal information is exempt from disclosure.
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HISTORY
- 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102670D
- 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/21/22 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
- 01/25/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
- 02/08/22 House: Tabled in General Laws (22-Y 0-N)