Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident information, etc. (HB5090)
Introduced By
Del. Chris Hurst (D-Blacksburg) with support from co-patron Del. Danica Roem (D-Manassas Park)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident information; criminal investigative files. Adds criminal investigative files, defined in the bill, to the types of law-enforcement and criminal records required to be released in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Under current law, the release of criminal investigative files is discretionary. The bill also allows a law-enforcement agency or attorney for the Commonwealth to petition a court of record for permission not to release criminal incident information that would otherwise be subject to release, if the release of such information is likely to jeopardize an ongoing investigation or cause certain other harms. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 08/19/2020 | Presented and ordered printed 20200705D |
| 08/19/2020 | Committee |
| 08/19/2020 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
| 08/24/2020 | Reported from General Laws with amendments (16-Y 6-N) |
| 08/24/2020 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 08/24/2020 | Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
| 08/24/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20200992D-H1 |
| 08/26/2020 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
| 08/28/2020 | Read first time |
| 08/31/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB5090H1) |
| 09/03/2020 | Motion to refer to committee agreed to |
| 09/03/2020 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 09/04/2020 | Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
| 09/08/2020 | Read first time |
| 09/09/2020 | Floor substitute printed 20201145D-H2 (Hurst) |
| 09/09/2020 | Floor substitute printed 20201160D-H3 (Hurst) |
| 09/09/2020 | Read second time |
| 09/09/2020 | General Laws Committee substitute rejected 20200992D-H1 |
| 09/09/2020 | Delegate Campbell's amendments withdrawn |
| 09/09/2020 | Courts of Justice Committee amendments ruled out of order |
| 09/09/2020 | Substitute by Delegate Hurst rejected 20201145D-H2 |
| 09/09/2020 | Substitute by Delegate Hurst agreed to 20201160D-H3 |
| 09/09/2020 | Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB5090H3 |
| 09/10/2020 | Read third time and passed House (59-Y 37-N) |
| 09/10/2020 | VOTE: Passage (59-Y 37-N) (see vote tally) |
| 09/15/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 09/15/2020 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 09/17/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB5090H3) |
| 09/18/2020 | Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |