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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; proprietary records and trade secrets."
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description: "Excludes from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA proprietary information, voluntarily provided by a private business under a promise of confidentiality from a public body, used by the public body for a solar services agreement. The bill requires the private business to specify the records for which protection is sought before submitting them to the public body and to state the reasons why protection is necessary. The bill also (i) allows a solar services agreement contractor or provider to designate specific provisions in a solar services agreement as proprietary information not subject to disclosure and (ii) authorizes a city to withhold from disclosure such information provided by a private entity in connection with a franchise, lease, or use under a solar services agreement."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1226"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1226 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Consumer Protection", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Energy Conservation and Resources"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1512333c-73d9-46ce-bf3d-d3d11d95978d"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1226"
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source_hash: "f41c4224ec425049d0738ec6370209345fb8f4f366d38b9dd073aecfaf80cfd3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1226 (2017) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; proprietary records and trade secrets.
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Excludes from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA proprietary information, voluntarily provided by a private business under a promise of confidentiality from a public body, used by the public body for a solar services agreement. The bill requires the private business to specify the records for which protection is sought before submitting them to the public body and to state the reasons why protection is necessary. The bill also (i) allows a solar services agreement contractor or provider to designate specific provisions in a solar services agreement as proprietary information not subject to disclosure and (ii) authorizes a city to withhold from disclosure such information provided by a private entity in connection with a franchise, lease, or use under a solar services agreement.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0737)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0737)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105461D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1226H1)
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3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1226ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1226ER)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103762D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1226)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **35–5** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–1** (pass) · legislature
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103762D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Assigned GL&T sub: #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 17105461D-H1
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- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1226H1
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- **2017-02-21** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-22** Title replaced 17105461D-H1
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 737 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1512333c-73d9-46ce-bf3d-d3d11d95978d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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