HB3097: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); personal information in constituent correspondence.

Chief Patron

Mark Cole (R-88)
Fredericksburg, VA
Served: 2002–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

Bill is Dead

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Summary

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); personal information in constituent correspondence. Provides an exemption for the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address contained in correspondence from a constituent to his elected representative on a local governing body or school board and such information contained in correspondence responding to the constituent. The bill provides, however, that no record, which is otherwise open to inspection under FOIA, shall be deemed exempt by virtue of the fact that it has been attached to or incorporated within any such correspondence.

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Comments

Frosty Landon writes:

Passage was blocked on an 11-3 vote in the Senate General Laws Committee, permitting the bill to go to the FOI Advisory Council for in-depth study. A similar measure introduced by Sen. John Chichester was sent to the Council earlier in the session. Floor amendments improved the House bill, but access advocates urged the study – noting that confidential e-mail petitioning of government raised a number of serious policy issues.

Posted 17 months ago. #