republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1964.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Freedom of Information Act; Fort Monroe Authority, closed meeting exemption.	Creates an exemption from the open meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for discussion or consideration by the Board of Trustees of the Fort Monroe Authority of matters relating to specific gifts, bequests, and grants from private sources. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1964	Virginia HB 1964 (2019)	bill	Administration of Government Authorities Consumer Protection	enacted	Gordon C. Helsel, Jr.	3	15	8	2019-01-06	2019-02-13	openstates	ocd-bill/bda38283-9e8e-4cba-8f16-6d58b6fc4936	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1964	87b24d8d8c8b9f0e6b67c1345de426850c027ba2409480a65e6d6ceae4455ade	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1964 (2019) — Freedom of Information Act; Fort Monroe Authority, closed meeting exemption.

Creates an exemption from the open meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for discussion or consideration by the Board of Trustees of the Fort Monroe Authority of matters relating to specific gifts, bequests, and grants from private sources. 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 (CHAP0004) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1964ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102032D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House — 90–5 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102032D introduction
• 2019-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2019-01-14 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 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 (90-Y 5-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-24 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-07 Enrolled
• 2019-02-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-07 Signed by President
• 2019-02-08 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 8, 2019
• 2019-02-08 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 15, 2019
• 2019-02-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bda38283-9e8e-4cba-8f16-6d58b6fc4936. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).