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type: "Bill"
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title: "FOIA; exempts DBHDS records of active investigations."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 548"
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citation: "Virginia HB 548 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-05"
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last_action: "2020-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96555406-d1cf-4074-9393-3f69a31997e6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB548"
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source_hash: "4d4b19bf9a5eac2ec236e166a9102c2b12325e821d1d4ede3d967e2557b1e075"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 548 (2020) — FOIA; exempts DBHDS records of active investigations.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0048)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB548ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB548ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB548)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB548)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102473D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB548)
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-23** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-29** VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-30** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB548ER)
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
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- **2020-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
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- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 48 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96555406-d1cf-4074-9393-3f69a31997e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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