Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident information, criminal files. (HB2004)
Introduced By
Del. Chris Hurst (D-Blacksburg) with support from 14 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Lee Carter (D-Manassas), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Kelly Fowler (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Mike Mullin (D-Newport News), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News), Sen. Danica Roem (D-Manassas)
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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Became Law |
Description
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident information; criminal investigative files. Adds criminal investigative files, defined in the bill, relating to a criminal investigation or proceeding that is not ongoing, also 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 provides that the mandatory release of criminal incident information relating to felony offenses and criminal investigative files shall not be required if the release of such information would likely effect certain results, outlined in the bill. The bill also extends the amount of additional time a public body has to respond, in the case of a request for certain criminal investigative files, from an additional seven work days to an additional 60 work days as long as the public body has communicated to the requester within the initial allowable five-work-day response period that it is not practically possible to provide the requested records or to determine whether they are available within the five-work-day period. The bill contains technical amendments. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. Read the Bill »
Status
03/31/2021: signed by governor
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/11/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101252D |
| 01/11/2021 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
| 01/17/2021 | Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement |
| 01/19/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) |
| 01/21/2021 | Reported from General Laws (14-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/21/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2004) |
| 01/22/2021 | Read first time |
| 01/25/2021 | Motion to refer to committee agreed to |
| 01/25/2021 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 01/26/2021 | Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government |
| 02/01/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N) |
| 02/01/2021 | Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2021 | Read first time |
| 02/03/2021 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/04/2021 | Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N) |
| 02/04/2021 | VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/05/2021 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/17/2021 | Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 2-N 4-A) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21200329D-S1 |
| 02/17/2021 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 02/22/2021 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) |
| 02/24/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/25/2021 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/25/2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21200329D-S1 |
| 02/25/2021 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2004S1 |
| 02/25/2021 | Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2004S1) |
| 02/25/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/25/2021 | Senate substitute rejected by House 21200329D-S1 (1-Y 97-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 97-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Senate requested conference committee |
| 02/25/2021 | House acceded to request |
| 02/25/2021 | Conferees appointed by House |
| 02/25/2021 | Delegates: Hurst, Carr, Cole, M.L. |
| 02/25/2021 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
| 02/25/2021 | Senators: Locke, Reeves, Boysko |
| 02/26/2021 | C Amended by conference committee |
| 02/27/2021 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N) |
| 02/27/2021 | Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N) |
| 02/27/2021 | VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 44-N) |
| 03/09/2021 | Enrolled |
| 03/09/2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2004ER) |
| 03/09/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2004ER) |
| 03/09/2021 | Signed by President |
| 03/11/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/15/2021 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021 |
| 03/15/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| 03/31/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 483 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 03/31/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0483) |