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2003 SESSION
SB 1203 Va. Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings.
Introduced by: Stephen D. Newman | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings. Extends the exemption of certain public bodies from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act's electronic communication meeting restrictions to public bodies in the legislative branch and any authority, board, bureau, commission, district or agency of the Commonwealth whose membership includes persons who reside or work more than 55 miles from the meeting location as stated in the required notice for such meeting. The bill also provides that these public bodies make an audio or audio/visual recording of the meeting that must be retained for three years. All authorized public bodies are required to submit a report detailing their experience with meetings held under this pilot program to the Freedom of Information Advisory Council and the Joint Commission on Technology and Science. The chairman of any meeting so held is required to make an announcement of the reporting provision during the course of such meeting. The bill also changes the required reporting date from April 15, 2003, to September 1 of each year and extends the sunset from July 1, 2003, to July 1, 2005. The bill contains an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/03 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 035310218 pdf
- 01/30/03 Senate: Committee substitute printed 030931504-S1 pdf
- 02/21/03 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1203ER) pdf
- 03/25/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/03 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 035310218
- 01/08/03 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/13/03 Senate: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 1
- 01/29/03 Senate: Reported from General Laws with sub (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/03 Senate: Committee substitute printed 030931504-S1
- 01/31/03 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/03 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/03 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/31/03 Senate: Reconsideration of passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/03 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/03 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/03/03 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/03 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/03 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 030931504-S1
- 02/03/03 Senate: Emergency clause added
- 02/03/03 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute 030931504-S1
- 02/04/03 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/03 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/03 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/05/03 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/03 House: Read first time
- 02/05/03 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/07/03 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 2
- 02/11/03 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/03 House: Read second time
- 02/13/03 House: Read third time
- 02/13/03 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/13/03 House: Passed House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/03 House: VOTE: PASSAGE EMERGENCY (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/03 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1203ER)
- 02/22/03 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/03 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/03 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/03 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 346 (effective 3/16/03)
- 03/25/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346)