---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of law-enforcement and criminal records."
description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of law-enforcement and criminal records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 909"
citation: "Virginia HB 909 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Consumer Protection", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Police"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roxann L. Robinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-02-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6fc262f-c530-420a-a0d2-6a9c654a50d0"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB909"
source_hash: "e3c07a55e804fafcbad2e2436f5573a03edd207f028d809e6a00fd08cc3bbd5a"
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 909 (2018) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of law-enforcement and criminal records.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0048)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB909ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB909ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101273D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB909)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101273D `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** Enrolled
- **2018-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-21** Signed by President
- **2018-02-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/22/18
- **2018-02-22** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 48 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6fc262f-c530-420a-a0d2-6a9c654a50d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).