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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Va. Freedom of Information Act; exclusions, proprietary records & trade secrets to Fort Monroe Auth."
+description: "Va. Freedom of Information Act; exclusions, proprietary records & trade secrets to Fort Monroe Auth."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 1497"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1497 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Locke"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-01-20"
+last_action: "2023-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b41cc12a-d2f4-45e0-8a6f-225fd1aa8fb5"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1497"
+source_hash: "72fc2cc21e5ab2da2ef98d4696821c39490127098cb10da6872cbce2da50d45a"
+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 SB 1497 (2023) — Va. Freedom of Information Act; exclusions, proprietary records & trade secrets to Fort Monroe Auth.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0576** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0576)
+2. **Presented and ordered printed 23104637D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1497)
+3. **Printed as engrossed 23104637D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1497E)
+4. **SB1497ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1497ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from General Laws (16-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (81-Y 11-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Locke — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104637D `introduction`
+- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1497)
+- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-01** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23104637D-E
+- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1497E
+- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1497E)
+- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
+- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-09** Reported from General Laws (16-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-14** Passed House (81-Y 11-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Passage (81-Y 11-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1497ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1497ER)
+- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 576 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0576)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b41cc12a-d2f4-45e0-8a6f-225fd1aa8fb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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