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type: "Bill"
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title: "FOIA; training approved by Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council, online courses offered."
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description: "Requires the Freedom of Information Advisory Council to maintain on its website a listing of all FOIA officers, including name, contact information, and the name of the public body such FOIA officers serve. The bill requires the name and contact information of FOIA officers trained by legal counsel of a public body to be submitted to the Council by July 1 of each year on a form developed by the Council for that purpose and to be updated in a timely manner in the event of any changes to such information. The bill also provides that training through an online course offered by the Council shall satisfy the annual training requirement for FOIA officers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2143"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2143 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Consumer Protection"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James M. LeMunyon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-11"
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last_action: "2017-03-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1f4f67c-ebc2-48df-b11a-9050b3c4d10b"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2143"
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source_hash: "766b13ee45c9fa7334c9a1194840e1f3cc24bf872f33efb7143cd4ba0d71298c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2143 (2017) — FOIA; training approved by Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council, online courses offered.
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Requires the Freedom of Information Advisory Council to maintain on its website a listing of all FOIA officers, including name, contact information, and the name of the public body such FOIA officers serve. The bill requires the name and contact information of FOIA officers trained by legal counsel of a public body to be submitted to the Council by July 1 of each year on a form developed by the Council for that purpose and to be updated in a timely manner in the event of any changes to such information. The bill also provides that training through an online course offered by the Council shall satisfy the annual training requirement for FOIA officers.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0290)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0290)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2143ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2143ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104679D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2143H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100881D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2143)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- James M. LeMunyon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100881D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17104679D-H1
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2143H1
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 290 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1f4f67c-ebc2-48df-b11a-9050b3c4d10b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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