republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1040.md

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Bill	Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of 'caregiver,' remote participation in meetings.	Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of "caregiver"; remote participation in meetings by persons with disabilities and caregivers; remote voting. Provides that for purposes of determining whether a quorum is physically assembled, an individual member of a public body who is a person with a disability or a caregiver, defined in the bill, and uses remote participation counts toward the quorum as if the individual was physically present. The bill also provides that the participation policy adopted by a public body, as required by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, shall not prohibit or restrict any individual member of a public body who is participating in an all-virtual meeting or who is using remote participation from voting on matters before the public body. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. This bill is identical to SB 85.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1040	Virginia HB 1040 (2024)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker	4	32	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/724180fb-1e06-491d-b81d-cc753c322c04	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1040	87a0f2b4ce3f4405240e3a89053bc1d383e3a5513c45949836209caa55763f00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1040 (2024) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of 'caregiver,' remote participation in meetings.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of "caregiver"; remote participation in meetings by persons with disabilities and caregivers; remote voting. Provides that for purposes of determining whether a quorum is physically assembled, an individual member of a public body who is a person with a disability or a caregiver, defined in the bill, and uses remote participation counts toward the quorum as if the individual was physically present. The bill also provides that the participation policy adopted by a public body, as required by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, shall not prohibit or restrict any individual member of a public body who is participating in an all-virtual meeting or who is using remote participation from voting on matters before the public body. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. This bill is identical to SB 85.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. CHAP0610 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107743D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1040ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104336D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 3-N) — 94–3 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 12-N) — 26–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104336D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1040)
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-25 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-01 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-14 Committee substitute printed 24107743D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB1040S1)
• 2024-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 24107743D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1040S1 substitution
• 2024-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 12-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107743D-S1 (95-Y 3-N) substitution
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 3-N)
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1040ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1040ER)
• 2024-03-01 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 610 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/724180fb-1e06-491d-b81d-cc753c322c04. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).