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Bill FOIA; exempts DBHDS records of active investigations. Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; records of active investigations. Exempts from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act records of active investigations that are being conducted by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 548 Virginia HB 548 (2020)
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Virginia HB 548 (2020) — FOIA; exempts DBHDS records of active investigations.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; records of active investigations. Exempts from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act records of active investigations that are being conducted by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB548ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB548) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102473D introduction
  • 2020-01-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB548)
  • 2020-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement referral-committee
  • 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-23 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-27 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-01-28 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 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
  • 2020-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-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 (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-20 Signed by President
  • 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB548ER)
  • 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 48 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96555406-d1cf-4074-9393-3f69a31997e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).