Chris L. Hurst
- Democratic
Primary
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcementcriminal incident information; criminal investigative files. Adds criminal investigative files, defined in the bill, relatingto a criminal investigation or proceeding that is not ongoing, alsodefined in the bill, to the types of law-enforcement and criminalrecords required to be released in accordance with the provisionsof the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Under current law, therelease of criminal investigative files is discretionary. The billalso provides that the mandatory release of criminal incident informationrelating to felony offenses and criminal investigative files shallbe enjoined if a court finds by a preponderance of the evidence thatthe release of such information would likely effect certain results,outlined in the bill. The bill contains technical amendments. Thisbill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information AdvisoryCouncil.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 483 (effective 7/1/21)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Signed by President
Impact statement from DPB (HB2004ER)
Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N)
VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 44-N)
Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)
Amended by conference committee
Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N)
Read third time
Reading of substitute waived
Committee substitute agreed to 21200329D-S1
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2004S1
Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N)
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB2004S1)
Placed on Calendar
Senate substitute rejected by House 21200329D-S1 (1-Y 97-N)
VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 97-N)
Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
Senate requested conference committee
House acceded to request
Conferees appointed by House
Conferees appointed by Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Committee substitute printed 21200329D-S1
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 2-N 4-A)
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed
Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N)
VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
Motion to refer to committee agreed to
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Read first time
Reported from General Laws (14-Y 8-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB2004)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101252D
Referred to Committee on General Laws
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101252D | HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 21200329D-S1 | HTML |
| HB2004ER | HTML |
| CHAP0483 | HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB2004F122.PDF | |
| Amendment: HB2004AC | HTML |
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