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2022 SESSION
HB 150 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; local public bodies to post meeting minutes on its website.
Introduced by: Marie E. March | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; posting of minutes; local public bodies. Requires, with certain exceptions outlined in the bill, any local public body subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to post meeting minutes on its official public government website, if any, within seven working days of final approval of the minutes. The bill provides that if a local public body does not own or maintain an official public government website, it shall make copies of all meeting minutes available no later than seven working days after the conclusion of a meeting at a prominent public location in which meeting notices are regularly posted, at the office of the clerk of the public body, or, in the case of a public body that has no clerk, at the office of the chief administrator.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101402D pdf
- 02/01/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22101402D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB150ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/09/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101402D
- 01/09/22 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/21/22 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
- 01/25/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/22 House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/31/22 House: Read first time
- 02/01/22 House: Read second time
- 02/01/22 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/01/22 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB150E
- 02/01/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22101402D-E
- 02/02/22 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/22 House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/23/22 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/22 Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/22 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/22 House: Enrolled
- 03/02/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB150ER)
- 03/02/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 03/11/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 396 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)