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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; excludes library records."
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description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; library records. Clarifies that information contained in library records that can be used to identify any library patron who has borrowed or accessed material or resources from a library as well as the material or resources such patron borrowed or accessed is exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. This bill is identical to HB 313."
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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: "SB 259"
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citation: "Virginia SB 259 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-01-03"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21df93e2-e442-41ca-90ed-cedeb61bce26"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB259"
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source_hash: "212444a2c96aa1cc4666c8e817e775fcebd03ab17287d3538d9e7b26050200b3"
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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 SB 259 (2020) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; excludes library records.
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; library records. Clarifies that information contained in library records that can be used to identify any library patron who has borrowed or accessed material or resources from a library as well as the material or resources such patron borrowed or accessed is exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. This bill is identical to HB 313.
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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 (CHAP0587)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0587)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB259ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB259ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB259)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB259)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Bell — primary (person)
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- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102400D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB259)
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- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB259ER)
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 587 (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/21df93e2-e442-41ca-90ed-cedeb61bce26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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