HB 150 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; local public bodies to post meeting minutes on its website.

Summary
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; posting of minutes; local public bodies. Requires, with certain exceptions outlined in the bill, any local public body subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to post meeting minutes on its official public government website, if any, within seven working days of final approval of the minutes. The bill provides that if a local public body does not own or maintain an official public government website, it shall make copies of all meeting minutes available no later than seven working days after the conclusion of a meeting at a prominent public location in which meeting notices are regularly posted, at the office of the clerk of the public body, or, in the case of a public body that has no clerk, at the office of the chief administrator.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 9, 2022 Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 2, 2022

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 28, 2022
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 396 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB150E
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
lower
Jan 9, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 9, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101402D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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