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Bill Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions, proprietary records and trade secrets. Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; proprietary records and trade secrets; affordable housing loan applications. Excludes from mandatory disclosure financial and proprietary records submitted with a loan application to a locality for the preservation or construction of affordable housing that is related to a competitive application to be submitted to either the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA), when the release of such records would adversely affect the bargaining or competitive position of the applicant. The bill also provides that such financial and proprietary records shall not be withheld after they have been made public by HUD or VHDA. This bill is identical to SB 269.  us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 722 Virginia HB 722 (2020)
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Virginia HB 722 (2020) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions, proprietary records and trade secrets.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; proprietary records and trade secrets; affordable housing loan applications. Excludes from mandatory disclosure financial and proprietary records submitted with a loan application to a locality for the preservation or construction of affordable housing that is related to a competitive application to be submitted to either the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA), when the release of such records would adversely affect the bargaining or competitive position of the applicant. The bill also provides that such financial and proprietary records shall not be withheld after they have been made public by HUD or VHDA. This bill is identical to SB 269. 

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0072) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB722ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB722) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — 120 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • David A. Reid — primary (person)
  • Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
  • Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101942D introduction
  • 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 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)
  • 2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB722)
  • 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 (12-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
  • 2020-02-20 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB722ER)
  • 2020-02-21 Signed by President
  • 2020-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
  • 2020-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
  • 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 72 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b0d0f4f-689b-4003-8d09-44905011d4b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).