republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-906.md

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Bill	Virginia Freedom of Information Act; clarifies definition of electronic communication.	Clarifies the definition of electronic communication in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act by amending it to mean the use of technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities to transmit or receive information. This bill is a recommendation of the Freedom of Information Advisory Council.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 906	Virginia HB 906 (2018)	bill	Administration of Government Consumer Protection	enacted	Roxann L. Robinson	3	15	6	2018-01-09	2018-02-28	openstates	ocd-bill/2e5e6060-ad59-4a2f-b7de-392c59ffbcae	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB906	844c419e2865509e6606c8f3489ab24aea06979ef1ce53f50e45bd56c47e3ed4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 906 (2018) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; clarifies definition of electronic communication.

Clarifies the definition of electronic communication in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act by amending it to mean the use of technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities to transmit or receive information. This bill is a recommendation of the Freedom of Information Advisory Council.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB906ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100757D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100757D introduction
• 2018-01-09 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 54 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e5e6060-ad59-4a2f-b7de-392c59ffbcae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).