---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of personnel records."
description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of personnel records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1569"
citation: "Virginia HB 1569 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba5ecf07-5ebd-49d9-82d0-b31aec11441d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1569"
source_hash: "1ecacd4dddad748bc38087401e52054caaed08fa6fbb03bc72d4d73bb398782f"
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 1569 (2023) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of personnel records.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0420** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0420)
2. **HB1569ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1569ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100916D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1569)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (63-Y 37-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (14-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (8-Y 7-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100916D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from General Laws (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 37-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: Passage (63-Y 37-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from General Laws and Technology (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1569ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** 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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 420 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0420)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba5ecf07-5ebd-49d9-82d0-b31aec11441d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).