---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records charges, electronic payment method."
description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records charges, electronic payment method."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2006"
citation: "Virginia HB 2006 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roem"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f53d577-7b23-4529-b767-eb43445ae67e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2006"
source_hash: "6183fa06b28bb14e0e7c52a602ac28d20900a9b7db1405cd135314480457aaae"
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 2006 (2023) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records charges, electronic payment method.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0534** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0534)
2. **HB2006ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2006ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100202D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2006)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23100202D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2006E)
5. **Printed as reengrossed 23100202D-E2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2006E2)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roem — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100202D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB2006)
- **2023-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-26** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-01-31** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Amendment by Delegate Simon agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended HB2006E
- **2023-01-31** Printed as engrossed 23100202D-E
- **2023-02-01** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Engrossment reconsidered by House
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2006E)
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Amendments by Delegate Roem agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Reengrossed by House as amended HB2006E2
- **2023-02-01** Printed as reengrossed 23100202D-E2
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB2006E2)
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2006ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB2006ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** 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`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 534 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0534)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f53d577-7b23-4529-b767-eb43445ae67e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).