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+type: "Bill"
+title: "FOIA; public higher educational institutions, information related to pledges and donations."
+description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public institutions of higher education; information related to pledges and donations. Provides that no discretionary exclusion in FOIA shall apply to protect information relating to the amount, date, purpose, and terms of a pledge or donation made to a public institution of higher education. The bill provides that the identity of the donor shall be protected only if (i) the donor has requested anonymity in connection with or as a condition of making a pledge or donation and (ii) the pledge or donation does not impose terms or conditions directing academic decision-making. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. This bill is identical to SB 140."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 510"
+citation: "Virginia HB 510 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-04"
+last_action: "2020-03-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0753ee29-0066-4271-8ac3-7ec76f2ff2f6"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB510"
+source_hash: "eb05802e8b65369a8a30e583539e4482ac19e53041b804e03025509de79527f8"
+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 510 (2020) — FOIA; public higher educational institutions, information related to pledges and donations.
+
+Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public institutions of higher education; information related to pledges and donations. Provides that no discretionary exclusion in FOIA shall apply to protect information relating to the amount, date, purpose, and terms of a pledge or donation made to a public institution of higher education. The bill provides that the identity of the donor shall be protected only if (i) the donor has requested anonymity in connection with or as a condition of making a pledge or donation and (ii) the pledge or donation does not impose terms or conditions directing academic decision-making. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. This bill is identical to SB 140.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0071)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0071)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB510ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB510ER)
+3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB510E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB510E)
+4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB510)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB510)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — **37–3** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 1-N) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from General Laws with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
+- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101372D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB510)
+- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-21** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2020-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-23** Reported from General Laws with amendment (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-28** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2020-01-28** Engrossed by House as amended HB510E
+- **2020-01-28** Printed as engrossed 20101372D-E
+- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-01-29** VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-01-30** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB510E)
+- **2020-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-19** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-19** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB510ER)
+- **2020-02-20** Signed by President
+- **2020-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
+- **2020-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
+- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 71 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0753ee29-0066-4271-8ac3-7ec76f2ff2f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+