---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions from mandatory disclosure, purchase card statement."
description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusionsfrom mandatory disclosure; purchase card statement. Clarifiesthat the name of a public employee, officer, or official as it appearson a purchase card statement or other payment record and the descriptionof individual purchases are not exempt from disclosure by the StateComptroller."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 340"
citation: "Virginia SB 340 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saddam Azlan Salim"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e7d3929-a196-412c-a563-1c84550dfd4e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB340"
source_hash: "430c7c840b118895a744365b939adbc48100c04d84a2285f471570c070cefaea"
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 340 (2024) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions from mandatory disclosure, purchase card statement.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusionsfrom mandatory disclosure; purchase card statement. Clarifiesthat the name of a public employee, officer, or official as it appearson a purchase card statement or other payment record and the descriptionof individual purchases are not exempt from disclosure by the StateComptroller.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0671** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0671)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102889D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB340)
3. **SB340ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB340ER)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saddam Azlan Salim — primary (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102889D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB340)
- **2024-02-07** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-13** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-22** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB340ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB340ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 671 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0671)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e7d3929-a196-412c-a563-1c84550dfd4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).