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2023 SESSION

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SB 1351 FOIA; virtual public meetings, etc.

Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings; local and regional public bodies. Allows, with certain exceptions, local and regional public bodies to convene no more than 50 percent of the meetings held per calendar year rounded up to the next whole number as an all-virtual public meeting. Current law limits all-virtual public meetings to no more than two times per calendar year or 25 percent of the meetings held per calendar year rounded up to the next whole number, whichever is greater, and prohibits any such meeting from being held consecutively with another all-virtual public meeting.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102031D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/25/23  Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105274D-S1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/11/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102031D
• 01/11/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 01/25/23  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
• 01/25/23  Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105274D-S1
• 01/27/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/23  Senate: Read second time
• 01/30/23  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 01/30/23  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23105274D-S1
• 01/30/23  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1351S1
• 01/31/23  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 14-N)
• 02/09/23  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/09/23  House: Read first time
• 02/09/23  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/13/23  House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
• 02/14/23  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
• 02/22/23  House: Left in General Laws