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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; state public bodies, meetings, virtual public access."
+description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; state public bodies, meetings, virtual public access."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1738"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1738 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carr"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2023-01-09"
+last_action: "2023-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcd11019-1be6-4057-85d0-8ddafede7322"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1738"
+source_hash: "cec30ade230ea3f72537440da2693b9430e8b00c0f6855c2ee754e09ce54cb72"
+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 1738 (2023) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; state public bodies, meetings, virtual public access.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0536** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0536)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 23104734D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1738H1)
+3. **HB1738ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1738ER)
+4. **HB1738H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1738H2)
+5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100100D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1738)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage (80-Y 19-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carr — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100100D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-11** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1738)
+- **2023-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
+- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-24** Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-24** Committee substitute printed 23104734D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2023-01-24** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-25** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1738H1)
+- **2023-01-30** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-02** Passed by for the day
+- **2023-02-03** Passed by for the day
+- **2023-02-06** Floor substitute printed 23106366D-H2 (Carr)
+- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-06** Passed by temporarily
+- **2023-02-06** Committee General Laws substitute rejected 23104734D-H1
+- **2023-02-06** Substitute by Delegate Carr agreed to 23106366D-H2
+- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1738H2
+- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (80-Y 19-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (80-Y 19-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1738H2)
+- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1738ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1738ER)
+- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 536 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0536)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcd11019-1be6-4057-85d0-8ddafede7322`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+