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type: "Bill"
title: "Va. Freedom of Information Act; exclusions, proprietary records & trade secrets to Fort Monroe Auth."
description: "Va. Freedom of Information Act; exclusions, proprietary records & trade secrets to Fort Monroe Auth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2394"
citation: "Virginia HB 2394 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cordoza"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c9cf40d-2165-45b0-bbd7-a27a370e7f73"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2394"
source_hash: "82195d6558abbe291cc6b0a4add4fc89ad33ee53a7352b279b4391576531c500"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2394 (2023) — Va. Freedom of Information Act; exclusions, proprietary records & trade secrets to Fort Monroe Auth.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0575** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0575)
2. **HB2394ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2394ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104434D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2394)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23104434D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2394E)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (14-Y 7-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (60-Y 40-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cordoza — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 23104434D `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2394)
- **2023-01-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- **2023-01-26** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended HB2394E
- **2023-01-31** Printed as engrossed 23104434D-E
- **2023-02-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-01** Read third time and passed House (60-Y 40-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** VOTE: Passage (60-Y 40-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2394E)
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2394ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB2394ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** 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 575 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0575)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c9cf40d-2165-45b0-bbd7-a27a370e7f73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).