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2016 SESSION
HB 1318 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; noncriminal incidents and reports.
Introduced by: Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); noncriminal incidents and reports. Clarifies that the FOIA exclusion for noncriminal incidents and reports applies to any public body that engages in criminal law-enforcement activities and does not rely on the definition of "noncriminal incidents records" in § 15.2-1722 of the Code of Virginia. The bill addresses a decision of the Virginia Supreme Court in Fitzgerald v. Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, which held that a noncriminal record must be a compilation in order for the exemption for noncriminal records to apply. The bill was also the subject of a Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council opinion (AO-08-15) concerning this exemption, which highlighted the need for clarification of this exemption based on the Fitzgerald holding.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/16 House: Presented and ordered printed 16104029D pdf | impact statement
- 02/11/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105299D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1318ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/29/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/21/16 House: Presented and ordered printed 16104029D
- 01/21/16 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/27/16 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/09/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105299D-H1
- 02/13/16 House: Read first time
- 02/15/16 House: Read second time
- 02/15/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16105299D-H1
- 02/15/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1318H1
- 02/16/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/29/16 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/16 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1318ER)
- 03/07/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/9/2016
- 03/09/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/29/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 546 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/29/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546)