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Bill Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meetings held through electronic communication means. Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meetingsheld through electronic communication means during a state of emergency.Allows a public body, or a joint meeting thereof, to meet by electroniccommunication means without a quorum of the public body physicallyassembled at one location when a locality in which the public bodyis located has declared a local state of emergency, provided that(i) the catastrophic nature of the declared emergency makes it impracticableor unsafe to assemble a quorum in a single location and (ii) thepurpose of the meeting is to provide for the continuity of operations of the public body or the discharge of its lawful purposes, duties,and responsibilities. Under current law, public bodies may only meetin such manner when the Governor has declared a state of emergency,and only for the purpose of addressing the emergency. Finally, thebill requires public bodies meeting through electronic communicationmeans during a local or state declaration of a state of emergencyto (a) make arrangements for public access to such meeting throughelectronic communication means, including videoconferencing if alreadyused by the public body, and (b) provide the public with the opportunityto comment at such meetings when public comment is customarily received. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 SB 1271 Virginia SB 1271 (2021)
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Virginia SB 1271 (2021) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meetings held through electronic communication means.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meetingsheld through electronic communication means during a state of emergency.Allows a public body, or a joint meeting thereof, to meet by electroniccommunication means without a quorum of the public body physicallyassembled at one location when a locality in which the public bodyis located has declared a local state of emergency, provided that(i) the catastrophic nature of the declared emergency makes it impracticableor unsafe to assemble a quorum in a single location and (ii) thepurpose of the meeting is to provide for the continuity of operations of the public body or the discharge of its lawful purposes, duties,and responsibilities. Under current law, public bodies may only meetin such manner when the Governor has declared a state of emergency,and only for the purpose of addressing the emergency. Finally, thebill requires public bodies meeting through electronic communicationmeans during a local or state declaration of a state of emergencyto (a) make arrangements for public access to such meeting throughelectronic communication means, including videoconferencing if alreadyused by the public body, and (b) provide the public with the opportunityto comment at such meetings when public comment is customarily received.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. CHAP0490 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101309D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB1271ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB1271H1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 45-N) — 53–45 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (47-Y 44-N 1-A) — 46–44 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (27-Y 12-N) — 27–12 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 0–39 (fail) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
  • Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
  • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101309D introduction
  • 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2021-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB1271)
  • 2021-01-20 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-01-26 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-02 Placed on Calendar
  • 2021-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws
  • 2021-02-09 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement referral-committee
  • 2021-02-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-18 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-22 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-23 Floor substitute printed 21200596D-H1 (Simon)
  • 2021-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB1271H1)
  • 2021-02-23 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-23 Substitute by Delegate Simon agreed to 21200596D-H1
  • 2021-02-23 Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB1271H1
  • 2021-02-23 Passed House with substitute (47-Y 44-N 1-A) passage
  • 2021-02-23 VOTE: Passage (47-Y 44-N 1-A)
  • 2021-02-24 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
  • 2021-02-25 House insisted on substitute
  • 2021-02-25 House requested conference committee
  • 2021-02-25 Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-25 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2021-02-25 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2021-02-27 Amended by conference committee
  • 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (27-Y 12-N)
  • 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 45_N)
  • 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 45-N)
  • 2021-03-09 Enrolled
  • 2021-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB1271ER)
  • 2021-03-09 Signed by President
  • 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
  • 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 490 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4062b400-0a7e-4232-a98f-7d3487a04610. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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