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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Va. Freedom of Information Act; training for local officials, members of park authorities' boards."
+description: "Va. Freedom of Information Act; training for local officials, members of park authorities' boards."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 2498"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2498 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kory"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-01-20"
+last_action: "2023-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0fc44d8-6916-4830-82f3-c2947deaf4ee"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2498"
+source_hash: "a1c261d6cc3ae62acbe6d4ae83870b9b3d205c754b5039dca5d141e4fd669127"
+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 2498 (2023) — Va. Freedom of Information Act; training for local officials, members of park authorities' boards.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0461** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0461)
+2. **HB2498ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2498ER)
+3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104128D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2498)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kory — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104128D `introduction`
+- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-30** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB2498)
+- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
+- **2023-02-02** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **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 (15-Y 0-N) `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 (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2498ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **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`
+- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 461 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0461)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0fc44d8-6916-4830-82f3-c2947deaf4ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+