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2024 SESSION
HB 1040 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of "caregiver," remote participation in meetings.
Introduced by: Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of "caregiver"; remote participation in meetings by persons with disabilities and caregivers; remote voting. Provides that for purposes of determining whether a quorum is physically assembled, an individual member of a public body who is a person with a disability or a caregiver, defined in the bill, and uses remote participation counts toward the quorum as if the individual was physically present. The bill also provides that the participation policy adopted by a public body, as required by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, shall not prohibit or restrict any individual member of a public body who is participating in an all-virtual meeting or who is using remote participation from voting on matters before the public body. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. This bill is identical to SB 85.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104336D pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107743D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1040ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104336D
- 01/10/24 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/22/24 House: Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government
- 01/23/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/24 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/24 House: Read first time
- 01/30/24 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/31/24 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/01/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/14/24 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/14/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107743D-S1
- 02/16/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107743D-S1
- 02/19/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1040S1
- 02/19/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 12-N)
- 02/21/24 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107743D-S1 (95-Y 3-N)
- 02/21/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 3-N)
- 02/27/24 House: Enrolled
- 02/27/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1040ER)
- 02/27/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 610 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610)