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Bill Virginia Freedom of Information Act; amends definition of meeting, provisions of Act. Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definitions of meetings and public business. Exempts certain public meetings from the definition of "meeting" under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to clarify that three or more members of a public body may appear and participate in such public meeting without violating the Act, provided that no public business is transacted or discussed. The bill also exempts members of a public body who attend a public meeting of a second public body without violating the Act, provided that no public business is transacted or discussed. Finally, the bill defines "public business" as activity that a public body has undertaken or proposed to undertake on behalf of the people it represents. The bill states that its provisions are declarative of existing law. This bill is identical to HB 818. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 36 Virginia SB 36 (2024)
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Virginia SB 36 (2024) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; amends definition of meeting, provisions of Act.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definitions of meetings and public business. Exempts certain public meetings from the definition of "meeting" under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to clarify that three or more members of a public body may appear and participate in such public meeting without violating the Act, provided that no public business is transacted or discussed. The bill also exempts members of a public body who attend a public meeting of a second public body without violating the Act, provided that no public business is transacted or discussed. Finally, the bill defines "public business" as activity that a public body has undertaken or proposed to undertake on behalf of the people it represents. The bill states that its provisions are declarative of existing law. This bill is identical to HB 818.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0756 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24105430D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24107940D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Conference substitute printed 24108910D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102327D (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB36ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
  • House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 0–39 (fail) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
  • Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-12-16 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102327D filing, introduction
  • 2023-12-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2024-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB36)
  • 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 24105430D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-01-29 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-01-29 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 24105430D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-01-29 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB36S1 substitution
  • 2024-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB36S1)
  • 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 with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-22 Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-22 Committee substitute printed 24107940D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB36H1)
  • 2024-02-26 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-27 Committee substitute agreed to 24107940D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB36H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-27 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-29 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
  • 2024-03-01 House insisted on substitute substitution
  • 2024-03-01 House requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
  • 2024-03-05 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2024-03-05 Senators: Locke, McPike, Stuart
  • 2024-03-06 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2024-03-06 Delegates: Carr, McClure, Wiley
  • 2024-03-07 Amended by conference committee
  • 2024-03-07 Conference substitute printed 24108910D-S2
  • 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB36S2)
  • 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB36ER) passage
  • 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled
  • 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB36ER)
  • 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 756 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c12401e0-79be-4b30-9d01-fe3a7bb16334. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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