Freedom of Information Act; secure remote access to land records, certain provisions. (HB2062)
Introduced By
Del. Michele McQuigg (R-Occoquan) with support from co-patrons Del. Jeff Frederick (R-Woodbridge), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), and Del. Sam Nixon (R-Richmond)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Freedom of Information Act; Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; land records. Provides that the Freedom of Information Act does not apply to land records available via secure remote access but that such access is governed by certain provisions of the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act (see 2.2-3800 et seq.). The bill provides requirements for posting land records via secure remote access to the Internet and requires, beginning July 1, 2010, that social security numbers not be contained in such documents. Judgments, however, will contain the last four digits of a social security number for identification purposes. The clerk is given the authority to reject documents that contain social security numbers and also is allowed to perform a global redaction of social security numbers from those documents filed before the 2010 deadline. The bill also allows the use of the Technology Trust Fund to pay for redaction. The bill clarifies that the clerk is to charge $0.50 per electronic image for transmitting "papers or records" to go out of his office in the same manner that he charges $0.50 per page for copying. Read the Bill »
Status
03/20/2007: signed by governor
History
Date | Action |
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01/08/2007 | Committee |
01/08/2007 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073048412 |
01/08/2007 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
01/12/2007 | Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement (Marshall, D.) |
01/23/2007 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2062) |
01/25/2007 | Referred to Committee on Science and Technology |
01/29/2007 | Committee substitute printed 070904392-H1 |
01/29/2007 | Reported from Science and Technology (20-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
01/31/2007 | Read first time |
02/01/2007 | Read second time |
02/01/2007 | Committee substitute agreed to 070904392-H1 |
02/01/2007 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2062H1 |
02/02/2007 | Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N) |
02/02/2007 | Communicated to Senate |
02/05/2007 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/05/2007 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
02/08/2007 | Assigned GL&T sub: #1 |
02/08/2007 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2062H1) |
02/15/2007 | Committee substitute printed 072798740-S1 |
02/16/2007 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
02/16/2007 | VOTE: (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2007 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2062S1) |
02/19/2007 | Read third time |
02/19/2007 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/19/2007 | Committee substitute agreed to 072798740-S1 |
02/19/2007 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2062S1 |
02/19/2007 | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) |
02/19/2007 | VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2007 | Placed on Calendar |
02/21/2007 | Senate substitute agreed to by House (91-Y 5-N) |
02/21/2007 | VOTE: ADOPTION (91-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
03/07/2007 | Enrolled |
03/07/2007 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2062ER) |
03/07/2007 | Signed by Speaker |
03/08/2007 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2062ER) |
03/08/2007 | Signed by President |
03/20/2007 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 626 (effective - see bill) |
04/05/2007 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626) |
Comments
Continues subscriber-only remote access to land records; requires clerks to redact SSNs by 2010; requires clerks to offer online subscriptions by 2008 (not quite one-half of the clerks' offices now offer the service. Online access is covered by Code sections that spell out clerks' disclosure rules (not by FOIA). Allows clerks to charge 50 cents per "image."