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2017 SESSION

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Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology
Subcommittee #1

Locke (Chairman), Black, DeSteph, Dunnavant, Sturtevant, Surovell, McPike, Vogel

Clerk: Maryann Horch, Eric Barton
Staff: Amigo Wade
Date of Meeting: February 15, 2017
Time and Place: 9:00 AM, 3 East, General Assembly Building

H.B. 1734 Virginia Parole Board; exceptions to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Patron: Hope

Virginia Parole Board; exceptions to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Requires guidance documents of the Virginia Parole Board to be available as public records under FOIA.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-3703 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; guidance documents of the Virginia Parole Board.

17102033D

H.B. 1876 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to library records of minors.

Patron: Pogge

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to library records of minors. Excludes from mandatory disclosure library records that can be used to identify any library patron under the age of 18 years. The bill provides that access shall not be denied to the parent, including a noncustodial parent, or guardian of such library patron.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-3705.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to library records of minors.

17101865D

H.B. 1971 FOIA; record and meeting exclusions for multidisciplinary child abuse teams.

Patron: Massie

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record and meeting exclusions for multidisciplinary child abuse teams. Excludes the records of a multidisciplinary team as they relate to individual child abuse or neglect cases or sex offenses involving a child from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill also provides an exemption from open meeting requirements to such teams and sexual assault response teams.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3705.7 and 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record and meeting exclusions for multidisciplinary child sexual abuse response teams; meeting exclusion for criminal sexual assault response teams.

17103795D

H.B. 2178 FOIA; proprietary records and trade secrets, charitable gaming supplies.

Patron: Hodges

Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); proprietary records and trade secrets; charitable gaming supplies. Expands the existing FOIA record exclusion for information of a proprietary nature furnished by a supplier of charitable gaming supplies to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to include such information submitted by manufacturers of charitable gaming supplies. The bill also expands the exclusion to include information submitted by suppliers and manufacturers of charitable gaming supplies pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Charitable Gaming Board related to approval of electronic and mechanical equipment.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-3705.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; proprietary records and trade secrets; charitable gaming supplies.

17103811D

H.B. 2402 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; willful violations, grounds for termination.

Patron: Morris

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; willful violations; grounds for termination. Provides that if the court finds that any officer or employee of a public body (i) receives a request for records that was sent by a requester by certified mail, return receipt requested, and (ii) without legal excuse or justification, deliberately, willfully, and knowingly fails to make a response to such request, such officer or employee may be terminated for cause by his appointing authority or agency head.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 37 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-3715, relating to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; willful violations; grounds for termination.

17100847D