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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 HB 722. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 269 | Virginia SB 269 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 269 (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 HB 722.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0079) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB269ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB269) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- John J. Bell — primary (person)
- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102396D
introduction - 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-20 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB269)
- 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 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 BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-18 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-20 Enrolled
- 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB269ER)
- 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 79 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11741a07-a78f-4542-8c47-9a5dbf75e079. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).