republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-1426.md

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Bill	Va. FOIA; excludes certain information held by board of visitors of The College of William & Mary.	Excludes from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act certain information held by the board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in Virginia (the board) relating to the acquisition, holding, or disposition of a security or other ownership interest in an entity, where such security or ownership interest is not traded on a governmentally regulated securities exchange, if disclosure of such information would reveal confidential analyses prepared for the board and have an adverse effect on the value of the investment to be acquired, held, or disposed of by the board. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 1426	Virginia HB 1426 (2018)	bill	Administration of Government	enacted	David L. Bulova	3	15	6	2018-01-15	2018-02-28	openstates	ocd-bill/01a98842-7948-4712-afd0-9e0780784a23	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1426	d802e1d82246b0b67deac74c1fdd5d5206811c653f8a5fe576d00f49a51cb954	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1426 (2018) — Va. FOIA; excludes certain information held by board of visitors of The College of William & Mary.

Excludes from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act certain information held by the board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in Virginia (the board) relating to the acquisition, holding, or disposition of a security or other ownership interest in an entity, where such security or ownership interest is not traded on a governmentally regulated securities exchange, if disclosure of such information would reveal confidential analyses prepared for the board and have an adverse effect on the value of the investment to be acquired, held, or disposed of by the board. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0058) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1426ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Presented and ordered printed 18104984D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• David L. Bulova — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 18104984D introduction
• 2018-01-15 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2018-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-01 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-19 Enrolled
• 2018-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-21 Signed by President
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/22/18
• 2018-02-22 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2018
• 2018-02-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 58 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01a98842-7948-4712-afd0-9e0780784a23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).