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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Parole Board member votes."
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description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Parole Board member votes. Provides that individual votes of the members of the Virginia Parole Board are public records and subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. This bill is identical to SB 5."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 1303"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1303 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wren M. Williams"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2022-01-21"
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last_action: "2022-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cfbf5f4-cf6b-4e57-8109-ec52688f21a5"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1303"
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source_hash: "630678a1b4202cf6005576739fd00213403b7c317a73a9119f4d3fbfcf743e2a"
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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 1303 (2022) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Parole Board member votes.
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Parole Board member votes. Provides that individual votes of the members of the Virginia Parole Board are public records and subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. This bill is identical to SB 5.
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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. **CHAP0025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0025)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22106431D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1303H1)
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3. **HB1303ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1303ER)
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4. **Presented and ordered printed 22104931D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1303)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) — **36–3** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 5-N) — **94–5** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Wren M. Williams — primary (person)
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- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
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- Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Todd Gilbert — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
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- Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
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- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
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- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott A. Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22104931D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1303)
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- **2022-01-31** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2022-02-10** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-10** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute printed 22106431D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1303H1)
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- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106431D-H1
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- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1303H1
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- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 5-N)
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- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-23** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-03** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1303ER)
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11. 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 7/1/22) `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/8cfbf5f4-cf6b-4e57-8109-ec52688f21a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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