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Bill FOIA; public higher educational institutions, information related to pledges and donations. Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public institutions of higher education; information related to pledges and donations. Provides that no discretionary exclusion in FOIA shall apply to protect information relating to the amount, date, purpose, and terms of a pledge or donation made to a public institution of higher education. The bill provides that the identity of the donor shall be protected only if (i) the donor has requested anonymity in connection with or as a condition of making a pledge or donation and (ii) the pledge or donation does not impose terms or conditions directing academic decision-making. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. This bill is identical to SB 140. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 510 Virginia HB 510 (2020)
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Virginia HB 510 (2020) — FOIA; public higher educational institutions, information related to pledges and donations.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public institutions of higher education; information related to pledges and donations. Provides that no discretionary exclusion in FOIA shall apply to protect information relating to the amount, date, purpose, and terms of a pledge or donation made to a public institution of higher education. The bill provides that the identity of the donor shall be protected only if (i) the donor has requested anonymity in connection with or as a condition of making a pledge or donation and (ii) the pledge or donation does not impose terms or conditions directing academic decision-making. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. This bill is identical to SB 140.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0071) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB510ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House as amended HB510E (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB510) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — 373 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 1-N) — 121 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • David L. Bulova — primary (person)
  • Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101372D introduction
  • 2020-01-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2020-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB510)
  • 2020-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement referral-committee
  • 2020-01-21 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-23 Reported from General Laws with amendment (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-27 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-01-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-01-28 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2020-01-28 Engrossed by House as amended HB510E
  • 2020-01-28 Printed as engrossed 20101372D-E
  • 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-01-29 VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB510E)
  • 2020-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) passage
  • 2020-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB510ER)
  • 2020-02-20 Signed by President
  • 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
  • 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
  • 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 71 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0753ee29-0066-4271-8ac3-7ec76f2ff2f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).