HB 2144 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council; increases membership, effect of missing meetings.

Summary
Increases the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council from 12 members to 14 members by adding one additional member from the House of Delegates and one additional member from the Senate. The bill also provides that if any nonlegislative citizen member of the Council fails to attend a majority of meetings of the Council in a calendar year, the Council shall notify the member's appointing authority, who may, upon receipt of such notification, remove the member and appoint a successor as soon as practicable.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 11, 2017 Signed Mar 20, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Mar 20, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 644 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 10, 2017
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
legislature
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2144E
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Jan 16, 2017
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103715D
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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