Freedom of Information Act; meeting minutes. (SB1319)

Introduced By

Sen. Edd Houck (D-Spotsylvania) with support from co-patron Del. Morgan Griffith (R-Salem)

Progress

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

Description

Freedom of Information Act; meeting minutes. Clarifies that minutes of public meetings must be in writing. The bill also contains a technical amendment. The terms "include" and "in writing" that appear in the bill are defined in Title 1 to mean, respectively, "include, but are not limited to," and "any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Chapter 42.1 ( 59.1-479 et seq.) of Title 59.1 is or is not affixed." This bill is a recommendation of the Freedom of Information Advisory Council. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/14/2009Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 092751520
01/14/2009Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/04/2009Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2009Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2009Read second time
02/09/2009Reading of amendment waived
02/09/2009Committee amendment agreed to
02/09/2009Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1319E
02/09/2009Printed as engrossed 092751520-E
02/09/2009Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2009Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2009Impact statement from DPB (SB1319E)
02/13/2009Placed on Calendar
02/13/2009Read first time
02/13/2009Referred to Committee on General Laws
02/19/2009Assigned GL sub: FOIA
02/19/2009Subcommittee recommends reporting
02/19/2009Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/23/2009Read second time
02/24/2009Read third time
02/24/2009Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/24/2009VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2009Enrolled
02/28/2009Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1319ER)
02/28/2009Signed by Speaker
03/03/2009Impact statement from DPB (SB1319ER)
03/04/2009Signed by President
03/27/2009G Approved by Governor-Chapter 628 (effective 7/1/09)
03/27/2009G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 1 minute.