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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public body authorized to conduct electronic meetings."
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description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings. Authorizes a public body to conduct through electronic communication means a meeting for which, on or before the day of the meeting, a member of the public body holding the meeting notifies the chair that such member is unable to attend the meeting due to a family member's medical condition that requires the member to provide care for such family member, thereby preventing the member's physical attendance. The bill also clarifies that participation in an electronic meeting by a member of a public body due to the inability to attend because of a personal matter is limited each calendar year to two such meetings, which is current law, or 25 percent of the meetings held that calendar year rounded up to the next whole number, whichever is greater. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1931"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1931 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark H. Levine"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-11"
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last_action: "2021-02-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5dcad55-6de2-4fb8-8692-a5ef5546cb7e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1931"
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source_hash: "bc9b9b439779822ec6e8c81874ceed696703621814a80ea4cd213adfa905fcdd"
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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 HB 1931 (2021) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public body authorized to conduct electronic meetings.
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings. Authorizes a public body to conduct through electronic communication means a meeting for which, on or before the day of the meeting, a member of the public body holding the meeting notifies the chair that such member is unable to attend the meeting due to a family member's medical condition that requires the member to provide care for such family member, thereby preventing the member's physical attendance. The bill also clarifies that participation in an electronic meeting by a member of a public body due to the inability to attend because of a personal matter is limited each calendar year to two such meetings, which is current law, or 25 percent of the meetings held that calendar year rounded up to the next whole number, whichever is greater. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.
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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. **CHAP0033** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0033)
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2. **HB1931ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1931ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101369D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1931)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) — **28–11** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 2-N) — **12–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mark H. Levine — primary (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101369D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1931)
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- **2021-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-21** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-10** Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1931ER)
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- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
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- **2021-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
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- **2021-02-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 33 (effective 7/1/21) `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/e5dcad55-6de2-4fb8-8692-a5ef5546cb7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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