Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exception to open meeting requirements. (SB969)
Introduced By
Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville)
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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Description
Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); exception to open meeting requirements. Clarifies that the gathering or attendance of two or more members of a public body (i) at any place or function where no part of the purpose of such gathering or attendance is the discussion or transaction of any public business, and such gathering or attendance was not called or prearranged with any purpose of discussing or transacting any business of the public body, or (ii) at a public forum, candidate appearance, or debate, the purpose of which is to inform the electorate and not to transact public business or to hold discussions relating to the transaction of public business, even though the performance of the members individually or collectively in the conduct of public business may be a topic of discussion or debate at such public meeting, is not a meeting under FOIA. The bill contains a technical amendment. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/10/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101552D |
| 01/10/2015 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 01/15/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (SB969) |
| 01/23/2015 | Assigned GL&T sub: #1 |
| 02/02/2015 | Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2015 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/05/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2015 | Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/09/2015 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/09/2015 | Read first time |
| 02/09/2015 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
| 02/11/2015 | Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 02/17/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) |
| 02/17/2015 | Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/18/2015 | Read second time |
| 02/19/2015 | Read third time |
| 02/19/2015 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
| 02/19/2015 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/24/2015 | Enrolled |
| 02/24/2015 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB969ER) |
| 02/24/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/25/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (SB969ER) |
| 02/26/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| 02/26/2015 | Signed by President |
| 02/26/2015 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/26/15 |
| 02/26/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
| 03/16/2015 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 131 (effective 7/1/15) |
| 03/16/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0131) |
Comments
Don't panic! This isn't a substantive change. What it does is move language related to what is/isn't a meeting found in 2.2-3707 and moves it into the definitions section for the "meeting" entry.
Thank you, Megan—I read through this bill and didn't understand how substantive that it was.