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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; estimated charges for records."
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description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; estimated charges; exception for certain scholastic and property records. Provides that a public body subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act shall make all reasonable efforts to supply records requested by a citizen at the lowest possible cost; however, no such public body shall charge for the provision of certain scholastic records or property records. The bill requires a public body, prior to conducting a search for records, to notify the requester in writing of the public body's right to make reasonable charges not to exceed its actual cost incurred in accessing, duplicating, supplying, or searching for requested records and inquire of the requester whether he would like to request a cost estimate in advance of the supplying of the requested records. Finally, the bill provides that any costs incurred by a public body in estimating the cost of supplying requested records shall be applied toward the overall charges to be paid by the requester for the supplying of such records."
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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 307"
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citation: "Virginia HB 307 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nicholas J. Freitas"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8636347-08cf-4f28-b574-ccc4b523845a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB307"
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source_hash: "44eb98ce5f8cab62476fdc0994c5352535e718af358c2eeca989dda896508118"
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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 307 (2022) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; estimated charges for records.
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; estimated charges; exception for certain scholastic and property records. Provides that a public body subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act shall make all reasonable efforts to supply records requested by a citizen at the lowest possible cost; however, no such public body shall charge for the provision of certain scholastic records or property records. The bill requires a public body, prior to conducting a search for records, to notify the requester in writing of the public body's right to make reasonable charges not to exceed its actual cost incurred in accessing, duplicating, supplying, or searching for requested records and inquire of the requester whether he would like to request a cost estimate in advance of the supplying of the requested records. Finally, the bill provides that any costs incurred by a public body in estimating the cost of supplying requested records shall be applied toward the overall charges to be paid by the requester for the supplying of such records.
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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. **CHAP0756** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0756)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22105571D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB307H1)
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3. **HB307ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB307ER)
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4. **HB307ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB307ER2)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103274D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB307)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 48-N) — **51–48** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)
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- Angelia Williams Graves — 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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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103274D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB307)
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- **2022-01-21** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-08** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-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 (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute printed 22105571D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22105571D-H1
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- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB307H1
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- **2022-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB307H1)
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- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-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** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-23** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-28** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2022-02-28** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-02** Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB307ER)
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
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- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 48-N)
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- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 48-N)
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- **2022-04-27** Passed by temporarily
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- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
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- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
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- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB307ER2)
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- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
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- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
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- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 756 (effective 7/1/22) `became-law`
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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/c8636347-08cf-4f28-b574-ccc4b523845a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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