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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; security of certain records."
+description: "Clarifies that while information contained in engineering and construction drawings and plans for any single-family residential dwelling submitted for the purpose of complying with the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§ 36-97 et seq.) or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) shall not be subject to disclosure to the public under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), such information shall not be deemed confidential. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 683"
+citation: "Virginia HB 683 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brenda L. Pogge"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-01-09"
+last_action: "2018-02-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9893e942-d7be-4805-9c1f-000675adb85f"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB683"
+source_hash: "72ac4a7afa8dbdb4bce7670b3f003ef35e4c0b150d75f24577cfcfd90a3cbd10"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 683 (2018) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; security of certain records.
+
+Clarifies that while information contained in engineering and construction drawings and plans for any single-family residential dwelling submitted for the purpose of complying with the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§ 36-97 et seq.) or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) shall not be subject to disclosure to the public under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), such information shall not be deemed confidential. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0042)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB683ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB683ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102130D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB683)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brenda L. Pogge — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102130D `introduction`
+- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-19** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2018-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-19** Enrolled
+- **2018-02-19** Signed by Speaker
+- **2018-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2018-02-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/22/18
+- **2018-02-22** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2018
+- **2018-02-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 42 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9893e942-d7be-4805-9c1f-000675adb85f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+