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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.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0071) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB510ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB510E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB510) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — 37–3 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 1-N) — 12–1 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (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).