republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1734.md

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Bill	Virginia Parole Board; exceptions to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).	Virginia Parole Board; exceptions to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1734	Virginia HB 1734 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Consumer Protection Prisons and Other Methods of Correction	enacted	Patrick A. Hope	3	16	6	2017-01-07	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/ba5802ab-f152-45cc-ba1e-6225fe3677ed	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1734	5e7d8f822d8613d7e2dcf9a742c59727a5cd5522e23523e21a9a2a52af094e6e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1734 (2017) — Virginia Parole Board; exceptions to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0620) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1734ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102033D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–1 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–1 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
• James M. LeMunyon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102033D introduction
• 2017-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 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
• 2017-02-10 Assigned GL&T sub: #1 referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 620 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba5802ab-f152-45cc-ba1e-6225fe3677ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).