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2016 SESSION
HB 800 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; audio recording of closed meetings required.
Introduced by: Rick L. Morris | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); audio recording of closed meetings required. Provides that a public body shall (i) make an audio recording of the entirety of every meeting that is closed to the public; (ii) use a means of recording that fully captures and can clearly reproduce all statements made during a closed meeting; and (iii) preserve the recording for a period of no less than two years. The bill provides that a recording made shall not be subject to the disclosure provisions of FOIA, but its production may be compelled, and the recording used as evidence, in a proceeding to enforce the provisions of FOIA.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101188D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104987D-H1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101188D
- 01/12/16 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/18/16 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/28/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104987D-H1
- 02/09/16 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (11-Y 10-N)
- 02/09/16 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/10/16 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
- 02/18/16 House: Left in Appropriations