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2020 SESSION

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HB 321 FOIA; electronic meetings, serious medical condition of immediate family member.

Introduced by: Mark H. Levine | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings; serious medical condition of immediate family member. Allows a public body to conduct a meeting through electronic communication means if, on or before the day of a meeting, a member of the public body holding the meeting notifies the chair of the public body that he is unable to attend due to a serious medical condition of an immediate family member that prevents the member's physical attendance. The bill also limits such participation in an electronic meeting due to a personal matter to either two meetings per calendar year or 10 percent of the meetings held that calendar year, rounded up to the nearest whole number, whichever is greater.

FULL TEXT

• 12/31/19  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104275D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/06/20  House: Printed as engrossed 20104275D-E  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted

HISTORY

• 12/31/19  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104275D
• 12/31/19  House: Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
• 01/16/20  House: Assigned CT & I sub: Communications
• 01/27/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (9-Y 1-N)
• 02/03/20  House: Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment (14-Y 7-N)
• 02/05/20  House: Read first time
• 02/06/20  House: Read second time
• 02/06/20  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/06/20  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB321E
• 02/06/20  House: Printed as engrossed 20104275D-E
• 02/07/20  House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 38-N)
• 02/07/20  House: VOTE: Passage (62-Y 38-N)
• 02/10/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/10/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/27/20  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (11-Y 1-N)