SB 876 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public bodies to post agenda on website prior to meetings.

Summary

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; notice of public meetings; proposed agenda required. Requires public bodies subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to include a proposed agenda and any subsequent revisions to be posted on the public body's official public government website, if any, and made available to the public prior to the meeting. The bill provides that any items added to the agenda after the meeting commences may be considered and discussed at the meeting, but final action shall not be taken on such an item unless the matter is time-sensitive.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Jan 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 3, 2025 Last action Feb 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

General Laws and Technology Substitute → General Laws Subcommittee Substitute · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a Senate Substitute version to a House Subcommittee Substitute version, primarily changing the document header information to reflect House committee sponsorship while keeping the substantive legislative content identical. The core policy provisions regarding public meeting openness, agenda posting, and recording requirements remain unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Document header changed from Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology to House Committee on General Laws, indicating the bill moved between legislative chambers

Formatting changed from dash-prefixed lines to numbered line format with page headers and draft markings

Page numbering and draft status markers were added to the new version

Original Senate-specific formatting markers and session information were removed

Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Jan 31, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 9, 2025

Committee

Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Jan 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors