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| Bill | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; state public bodies, meetings, virtual public access. | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; state public bodies, meetings, virtual public access. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2023 | HB 1738 | Virginia HB 1738 (2023) |
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Virginia HB 1738 (2023) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; state public bodies, meetings, virtual public access.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0536 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 23104734D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1738ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB1738H2 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100100D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (80-Y 19-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Carr — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100100D
filing, introduction - 2023-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2023-01-11 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
referral-committee - 2023-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1738)
- 2023-01-17 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2023-01-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2023-01-17 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2023-01-24 Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2023-01-24 Committee substitute printed 23104734D-H1
substitution - 2023-01-24 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2023-01-25 Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
referral-committee - 2023-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2023-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (HB1738H1)
- 2023-01-30 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2023-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2023-02-02 Passed by for the day
- 2023-02-03 Passed by for the day
- 2023-02-06 Floor substitute printed 23106366D-H2 (Carr)
- 2023-02-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2023-02-06 Passed by temporarily
- 2023-02-06 Committee General Laws substitute rejected 23104734D-H1
- 2023-02-06 Substitute by Delegate Carr agreed to 23106366D-H2
- 2023-02-06 Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1738H2
- 2023-02-07 Read third time and passed House (80-Y 19-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2023-02-07 VOTE: Passage (80-Y 19-N)
passage - 2023-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB1738H2)
- 2023-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2023-02-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2023-02-15 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2023-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2023-02-20 Read third time
reading-3 - 2023-02-20 Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
passage - 2023-02-23 Enrolled
enrolled - 2023-02-23 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1738ER)
passage - 2023-02-23 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2023-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB1738ER)
- 2023-02-25 Signed by President
passage - 2023-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2023-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
executive-receipt - 2023-03-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 536 (effective 7/1/23)
executive-signature - 2023-03-26 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0536)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dcd11019-1be6-4057-85d0-8ddafede7322. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).