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| Bill | Virginia FOIA; record exclusion for personal contact information provided to a public body. | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; recordexclusion for personal contact information provided to a public body.Provides that personal contact information provided to a publicbody or any of its members for the purpose of receiving electroniccommunications from the public body or any of its members is excludedfrom the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA, unless the recipient of such electronic communications indicates his approval for thepublic body to disclose such information. Currently, the law providesprotections for personal contact information provided to a public body, not to its members; only applies to electronic mail; and requiresthe electronic mail recipient to request the public body not to disclose his personal contact information in order for the information to be exempt from mandatory disclosure. This bill is a recommendationof the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2025 | Virginia HB 2025 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2025 (2021) — Virginia FOIA; record exclusion for personal contact information provided to a public body.
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; recordexclusion for personal contact information provided to a public body.Provides that personal contact information provided to a publicbody or any of its members for the purpose of receiving electroniccommunications from the public body or any of its members is excludedfrom the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA, unless the recipient of such electronic communications indicates his approval for thepublic body to disclose such information. Currently, the law providesprotections for personal contact information provided to a public body, not to its members; only applies to electronic mail; and requiresthe electronic mail recipient to request the public body not to disclose his personal contact information in order for the information to be exempt from mandatory disclosure. This bill is a recommendationof the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0484 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2025ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101440D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Wendy W. Gooditis — primary (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101440D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB2025)
- 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2021-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
referral-committee - 2021-01-19 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-21 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-22 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-25 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-01-26 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-27 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-17 Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-22 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-25 Enrolled
- 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB2025ER)
- 2021-02-25 Signed by President
- 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 484 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf86c666-015a-497c-b7bb-bc331da81ce0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).