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| Bill | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to meetings of public bodies. | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to meetings of public bodies. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2017 | HB 1540 | Virginia HB 1540 (2017) |
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Virginia HB 1540 (2017) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to meetings of public bodies.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1540ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101247D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- James M. LeMunyon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2016-12-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101247D
introduction - 2016-12-27 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2017-01-11 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2017-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2017-02-06 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2017-02-16 Read third time
reading-3 - 2017-02-20 Enrolled
- 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
- 2017-02-21 Signed by President
- 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 616 (effective 7/1/17)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb5b3226-dd06-4845-aa43-ef67693bba0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).