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type: "Bill"
title: "Va. FOIA; excludes certain information held by board of visitors of The College of William & Mary."
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1426"
citation: "Virginia HB 1426 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01a98842-7948-4712-afd0-9e0780784a23"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1426"
source_hash: "d802e1d82246b0b67deac74c1fdd5d5206811c653f8a5fe576d00f49a51cb954"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0058)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1426ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1426ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 18104984D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1426)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **80** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **140** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01a98842-7948-4712-afd0-9e0780784a23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).