republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1040.md

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Bill	FOIA; record exclusion for personal contact information, definition.	Provides that personal contact information provided to a public body for the purpose of receiving electronic mail from the public body is excluded from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA, provided that the electronic mail recipient has requested that the public body not disclose such information. The bill defines "personal contact information" as the home or business (i) address, (ii) email address, or (iii) telephone number or comparable number assigned to any other electronic communication device. Current law excludes "personal information," which is defined as including a broader range of information than the limited definition of personal contact information in the bill.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1040	Virginia SB 1040 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Consumer Protection	enacted	Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	4	20	5	2017-01-05	2017-02-21	openstates	ocd-bill/243cc2bf-a107-4dce-87dc-2f1ee5f67ebe	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1040	0782546b0fbae447b444d807484cf2847fd496bfc1df48c01f59c8c72268b79c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1040 (2017) — FOIA; record exclusion for personal contact information, definition.

Provides that personal contact information provided to a public body for the purpose of receiving electronic mail from the public body is excluded from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA, provided that the electronic mail recipient has requested that the public body not disclose such information. The bill defines "personal contact information" as the home or business (i) address, (ii) email address, or (iii) telephone number or comparable number assigned to any other electronic communication device. Current law excludes "personal information," which is defined as including a broader range of information than the limited definition of personal contact information in the bill.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0140) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1040ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101868D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17101868D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101868D introduction
• 2017-01-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Assigned GL&T sub: #1 referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-26 Reading of amendments waived
• 2017-01-26 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-01-26 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1040E
• 2017-01-26 Printed as engrossed 17101868D-E
• 2017-01-31 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-10 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-13 Enrolled
• 2017-02-13 Signed by President
• 2017-02-13 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-14 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
• 2017-02-14 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
• 2017-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 140 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/243cc2bf-a107-4dce-87dc-2f1ee5f67ebe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).