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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.

  1. CHAP0536 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 23104734D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1738ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB1738H2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100100D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 00 (fail) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 00 (fail) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 00 (fail) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (80-Y 19-N) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 00 (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).