FOIA; electronic meetings, serious medical condition of immediate family member. (HB321)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings; serious medical condition of immediate family member. Allows a public body to conduct a meeting through electronic communication means if, on or before the day of a meeting, a member of the public body holding the meeting notifies the chair of the public body that he is unable to attend due to a serious medical condition of an immediate family member that prevents the member's physical attendance. The bill also limits such participation in an electronic meeting due to a personal matter to either two meetings per calendar year or 10 percent of the meetings held that calendar year, rounded up to the nearest whole number, whichever is greater. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/31/2019 | Committee |
| 12/31/2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104275D |
| 12/31/2019 | Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation |
| 01/16/2020 | Assigned CT & I sub: Communications |
| 01/27/2020 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/27/2020 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (9-Y 1-N) |
| 01/30/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB321) |
| 02/03/2020 | Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment (14-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2020 | Read first time |
| 02/06/2020 | Read second time |
| 02/06/2020 | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 02/06/2020 | Engrossed by House as amended HB321E |
| 02/06/2020 | Printed as engrossed 20104275D-E |
| 02/07/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB321E) |
| 02/07/2020 | Read third time and passed House (62-Y 38-N) |
| 02/07/2020 | VOTE: Passage (62-Y 38-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/10/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/10/2020 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 02/27/2020 | Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (11-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |