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| Bill | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; local public bodies to post meeting minutes on its website. | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; posting of minutes; local public bodies. Requires, with certain exceptions outlined in the bill, any local public body subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to post meeting minutes on its official public government website, if any, within seven working days of final approval of the minutes. The bill provides that if a local public body does not own or maintain an official public government website, it shall make copies of all meeting minutes available no later than seven working days after the conclusion of a meeting at a prominent public location in which meeting notices are regularly posted, at the office of the clerk of the public body, or, in the case of a public body that has no clerk, at the office of the chief administrator. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 150 | Virginia HB 150 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 150 (2022) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; local public bodies to post meeting minutes on its website.
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; posting of minutes; local public bodies. Requires, with certain exceptions outlined in the bill, any local public body subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to post meeting minutes on its official public government website, if any, within seven working days of final approval of the minutes. The bill provides that if a local public body does not own or maintain an official public government website, it shall make copies of all meeting minutes available no later than seven working days after the conclusion of a meeting at a prominent public location in which meeting notices are regularly posted, at the office of the clerk of the public body, or, in the case of a public body that has no clerk, at the office of the chief administrator.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0396 (committee substitute) — source
- HB150ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101402D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 22101402D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Marie E. March — primary (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101402D
introduction - 2022-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2022-01-21 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
referral-committee - 2022-01-25 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 2022-01-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-01-27 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2022-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-01 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-01 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2022-02-01 Engrossed by House as amended HB150E
- 2022-02-01 Printed as engrossed 22101402D-E
- 2022-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB150E)
- 2022-02-02 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-02 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2022-02-23 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-28 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-02 Enrolled
- 2022-03-02 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB150ER)
- 2022-03-03 Signed by President
- 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 396 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/305b49e1-d981-4e2c-a9b0-aff9b562dc1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).