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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, the bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. This bill is identical to HB 510. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 140 | Virginia SB 140 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 140 (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, the bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. This bill is identical to HB 510.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0078) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB140ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate as amended SB140E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB140) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N 1-A) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100634D
introduction - 2019-12-18 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-01-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB140)
- 2020-01-29 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-03 Reading of amendment waived
- 2020-02-03 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-02-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB140E
- 2020-02-03 Printed as engrossed 20100634D-E
- 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-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 - 2020-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB140E)
- 2020-02-13 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-17 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-18 Passed House (99-Y 0-N 1-A)
passage - 2020-02-18 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2020-02-20 Enrolled
- 2020-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB140ER)
- 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
- 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 78 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7815d7a2-052c-4641-91ad-db3424a47438. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).