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SB 1109 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; expands open meeting exemptions.

Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); open meeting exemptions; discussions relating to cybersecurity. Expands the open meeting exemption for the discussion of plans to protect public safety as it relates to terrorism and security of governmental facilities to include the discussion of specific cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities, including the discussion of related records excluded from FOIA, where discussion in an open meeting would jeopardize the safety of any person or the security of any facility, building, structure, information technology system, or software program. The bill contains an emergency clause.

FULL TEXT

• 01/13/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101863D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1109ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/16/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0182)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/13/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101863D
• 01/13/15  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 01/23/15  Senate: Assigned GL&T sub: #1
• 02/02/15  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/15  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/05/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/15  Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/15  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/09/15  House: Read first time
• 02/09/15  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/11/15  House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
• 02/17/15  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/15  House: Reported from General Laws with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/15  House: Read second time
• 02/19/15  House: Read third time
• 02/19/15  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/19/15  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/19/15  House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/15  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/15  Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/15  Senate: Emergency clause added
• 02/25/15  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/25/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1109ER)
• 02/25/15  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/26/15  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/26/15  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/26/15
• 02/26/15  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
• 03/16/15  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 182 (effective 3/16/15)
• 03/16/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0182)