---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council; advisory opinions, evidence in civil proceeding."
description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council; advisory opinions, evidence in civil proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1772"
citation: "Virginia HB 1772 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael P. Mullin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-26"
last_action: "2019-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eba901b-b2cd-4724-9100-fd186169130a"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1772"
source_hash: "b8049319e02cf2f712edf0f4b01b1976bc3eaf6f7e40f71efc8069ee029336ad"
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 1772 (2019) — Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council; advisory opinions, evidence in civil proceeding.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0354)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0354)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1772ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1772ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100432D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1772)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100432D `introduction`
- **2018-12-26** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 354 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9eba901b-b2cd-4724-9100-fd186169130a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).