Wendy Gooditis
- Democratic
Primary
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; recordexclusion for personal contact information provided to a public body.Provides that personal contact information provided to a publicbody or any of its members for the purpose of receiving electroniccommunications from the public body or any of its members is excludedfrom the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA, unless the recipient of such electronic communications indicates his approval for thepublic body to disclose such information. Currently, the law providesprotections for personal contact information provided to a public body, not to its members; only applies to electronic mail; and requiresthe electronic mail recipient to request the public body not to disclose his personal contact information in order for the information to be exempt from mandatory disclosure. This bill is a recommendationof the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 484 (effective 7/1/21)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
Signed by Speaker
Impact statement from DPB (HB2025ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 1-N)
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Constitutional reading dispensed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
Impact statement from DPB (HB2025)
Referred to Committee on General Laws
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101440D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101440D | HTML |
| HB2025ER | HTML |
| CHAP0484 | HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB2025F122.PDF |
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