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Bill Virginia Freedom of Information Act; charges for production of public records. Virginia Freedom of Information Act; charges for production of public records; report. Prohibits a public body from charging a requester for any costs incurred during the first hour spent accessing, duplicating, supplying, or searching for records requested in conjunction with the requester's first request. The bill provides that for any additional time spent accessing, duplicating, supplying, or searching for such records, or for any additional record requests, the public body shall not charge an hourly rate for accessing, duplicating, supplying, or searching for the records exceeding the lesser of the hourly rate of pay of the lowest-paid individual capable of fulfilling the request or $40 per hour. The bill allows a public body to petition the appropriate court for relief from the $40-per-hour fee cap upon showing by a preponderance of the evidence that there is no qualified individual capable of fulfilling the request for $40 per hour or less and requires such petition to be heard within seven days of when the petition is made, provided that the public body has sent and the requester has received a copy of the petition at least three working days prior to filing. The bill also provides that in certain instances a hearing on any petition shall be given precedence on a circuit court's docket over all cases that are not otherwise given precedence by law and that the time period the public body has to respond to a record request shall be tolled between the requester's receipt of the petition and the final disposition of the court. The bill prohibits a public body from charging a requester for any court costs or fees resulting from a petition. The bill directs the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council to study whether public bodies should charge requesters pursuant to the bill and report on its findings by December 2024. The provisions of the bill amending the Code of Virginia do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2025 Session of the General Assembly. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 324 Virginia SB 324 (2024)
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Virginia SB 324 (2024) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; charges for production of public records.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; charges for production of public records; report. Prohibits a public body from charging a requester for any costs incurred during the first hour spent accessing, duplicating, supplying, or searching for records requested in conjunction with the requester's first request. The bill provides that for any additional time spent accessing, duplicating, supplying, or searching for such records, or for any additional record requests, the public body shall not charge an hourly rate for accessing, duplicating, supplying, or searching for the records exceeding the lesser of the hourly rate of pay of the lowest-paid individual capable of fulfilling the request or $40 per hour. The bill allows a public body to petition the appropriate court for relief from the $40-per-hour fee cap upon showing by a preponderance of the evidence that there is no qualified individual capable of fulfilling the request for $40 per hour or less and requires such petition to be heard within seven days of when the petition is made, provided that the public body has sent and the requester has received a copy of the petition at least three working days prior to filing. The bill also provides that in certain instances a hearing on any petition shall be given precedence on a circuit court's docket over all cases that are not otherwise given precedence by law and that the time period the public body has to respond to a record request shall be tolled between the requester's receipt of the petition and the final disposition of the court. The bill prohibits a public body from charging a requester for any court costs or fees resulting from a petition. The bill directs the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council to study whether public bodies should charge requesters pursuant to the bill and report on its findings by December 2024. The provisions of the bill amending the Code of Virginia do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2025 Session of the General Assembly.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0669 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24106023D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104457D (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB324ER (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB324ES1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Danica A. Roem — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104457D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2024-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB324)
  • 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB324)
  • 2024-01-24 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-24 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-24 Committee substitute printed 24106023D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-01-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (SB324S1)
  • 2024-01-31 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-31 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 24106023D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-02 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2024-02-02 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2024-02-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB324ES1 substitution
  • 2024-02-02 Printed as engrossed 24106023D-ES1
  • 2024-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB324ES1)
  • 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2024-02-14 Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government referral-committee
  • 2024-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-22 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-26 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-27 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB324ER) passage
  • 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB324ER)
  • 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 669 (effective - see bill) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0669)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6660fc03-da51-4e93-9a7b-0bc05a16ba38. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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