republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1740.md

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Bill	Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; exemptions.	Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; exemptions.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1740	Virginia HB 1740 (2019)	bill	Administration of Government	enacted	Richard P. Bell	3	15	6	2018-12-19	2019-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/8f001a04-07b4-4ee2-b9ce-513e83976e5e	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1740	2f443a9d6030bfae7f118fa92beae5753e843c4be5323f42d0b3820040ae4bf2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1740 (2019) — Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; exemptions.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0277) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1740ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101803D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richard P. Bell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-19 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101803D introduction
• 2018-12-19 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2019-01-08 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2019-01-23 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-24 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-19 Enrolled
• 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
• 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f001a04-07b4-4ee2-b9ce-513e83976e5e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).