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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)