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SB 727 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to noncriminal records.

Introduced by: Ryan T. McDougle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to noncriminal records. Clarifies public access to noncriminal records maintained by public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities. The bill reverses an April 2015 Virginia Supreme Court decision 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. This bill incorporates SB 676.

FULL TEXT

• 01/22/16  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 16101516D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/08/16  Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105373D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/23/16  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB727ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/01/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/22/16  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 16101516D
• 01/22/16  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/08/16  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/16  Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105373D-S1
• 02/08/16  Senate: Incorporates SB676
• 02/10/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/16  Senate: Read second time
• 02/11/16  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/11/16  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16105373D-S1
• 02/11/16  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB727S1
• 02/11/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/16  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/16  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/15/16  House: Read first time
• 02/15/16  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/18/16  House: Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/16  House: Read second time
• 02/22/16  House: Read third time
• 02/22/16  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/16  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/16  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/23/16  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB727ER)
• 02/23/16  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/23/16  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/23/16  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/16
• 02/23/16  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2016
• 03/01/16  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 184 (effective 7/1/16)
• 03/01/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184)