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HB 909 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of law-enforcement and criminal records.
Introduced by: Roxann L. Robinson | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of law-enforcement and criminal records. Clarifies that the discretionary exemptions contained in the Freedom of Information Act pertaining to law-enforcement and criminal records may be used by any public body. Current law only permits such exemptions to be used by public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities. The bill also restricts the application of the discretionary exemption for those portions of noncriminal incident or other noncriminal investigative reports or materials that contain identifying information of a personal, medical, or financial nature, the release of which would jeopardize the safety or privacy of any person, to only those portions of noncriminal incident or other noncriminal investigative reports or materials that are in the possession of public bodies (i) engaged in emergency medical services, (ii) engaged in fire protection services, (iii) engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities, or (iv) engaged in processing calls for service or other communications to an emergency 911 system or any other equivalent reporting system. This bill is a recommendation of the Freedom of Information Advisory Council.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101273D pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB909ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101273D
- 01/09/18 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
- 01/23/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/18 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 House: Read first time
- 01/30/18 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/31/18 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/01/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/12/18 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 02/14/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/18 Senate: Read third time
- 02/15/18 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 House: Enrolled
- 02/19/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB909ER)
- 02/19/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/22/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/22/18
- 02/22/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2018
- 02/26/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 48 (effective 7/1/18)
- 02/26/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048)