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| Bill | Freedom of Information Advisory Act; training requirements. | Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Act; training requirements. Adds the option for in-person training sessions in addition to the current requirement of online training sessions for local elected officials provided by the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council or a local government attorney. The bill also clarifies that "local elected officials" includes constitutional officers. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 139 | Virginia SB 139 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 139 (2020) — Freedom of Information Advisory Act; training requirements.
Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Act; training requirements. Adds the option for in-person training sessions in addition to the current requirement of online training sessions for local elected officials provided by the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council or a local government attorney. The bill also clarifies that "local elected officials" includes constitutional officers. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0904) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB139ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB139) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100371D
introduction - 2019-12-18 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-01-29 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (SB139)
- 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-20 Reported from General Laws with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-25 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-02-25 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2020-02-25 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-27 House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-04 Enrolled
- 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB139ER)
- 2020-03-05 Signed by President
- 2020-03-05 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 904 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/186ad6c6-2f23-4019-a054-7bf1ccd0f2c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).