---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Freedom of Information (FOIA) Advisory Council; terms of nonlegislative citizen members."
description: "Clarifies that at the end of the appointed term of a nonlegislative citizen member of the FOIA Advisory Council, the nonlegislative citizen member shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1932"
citation: "Virginia HB 1932 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection", "General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/687fab31-962b-43c4-8a9d-c87c1c494038"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1932"
source_hash: "4c134c321d4d25e79c1802a8269e8302783f4cb0f4f5a841355d8e5ee29a8354"
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 1932 (2017) — Virginia Freedom of Information (FOIA) Advisory Council; terms of nonlegislative citizen members.

Clarifies that at the end of the appointed term of a nonlegislative citizen member of the FOIA Advisory Council, the nonlegislative citizen member shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0141)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0141)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1932ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1932ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101452D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1932)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101452D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1932E)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rules — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws with amendment — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
- James M. LeMunyon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101452D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1932E
- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17101452D-E
- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 141 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/687fab31-962b-43c4-8a9d-c87c1c494038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).