Virginia FOIA; record exclusion for trade secrets supplied to the VDOT. (HB1275)
Introduced By
Del. Lashrecse D. Aird (D-Petersburg)
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); record exclusion for trade secrets supplied to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Excludes from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA trade secrets, as defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (§ 59.1-336 et seq.), supplied to the Department of Transportation as part of an audit, a special investigation, or any study requested by the Department of Transportation. The bill provides that in order for such trade secrets to be excluded, the submitting party shall (i) invoke this exclusion upon submission of the data or materials for which protection from disclosure is sought, (ii) identify the data or materials for which protection is sought, and (iii) state the reasons why protection is necessary. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/10/2018 | Committee |
| 01/10/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101540D |
| 01/10/2018 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
| 01/24/2018 | Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 |
| 01/30/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1275) |
| 01/30/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 02/01/2018 | Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2018 | Read first time |
| 02/06/2018 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/07/2018 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 02/07/2018 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/08/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/08/2018 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 02/26/2018 | Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/28/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/01/2018 | Read third time |
| 03/01/2018 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/05/2018 | Enrolled |
| 03/05/2018 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1275ER) |
| 03/05/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1275ER) |
| 03/05/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/08/2018 | Signed by President |
| 03/14/2018 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2018 |
| 03/14/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018 |
| 03/23/2018 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 470 (effective 7/1/18) |
| 03/23/2018 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0470) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 1 minute.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
Del. Lashrecse D. Aird (D-Petersburg): this amends the code to reinstate under the freedom of information act for certain confidential and propry tier information as part of audits, special investigations around studies, conducted by the virginia department of transportation. This exemption used to exist with the virginia department of transportation. But with the establishment of osig, they lost that exemption. So we're trying to reinstate it so they can conduct their