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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; exemptions."
description: "Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1740"
citation: "Virginia HB 1740 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-19"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f001a04-07b4-4ee2-b9ce-513e83976e5e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1740"
source_hash: "2f443a9d6030bfae7f118fa92beae5753e843c4be5323f42d0b3820040ae4bf2"
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 1740 (2019) — Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; exemptions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0277)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0277)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1740ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1740ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101803D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1740)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **960** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-12-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101803D `introduction`
- **2018-12-19** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f001a04-07b4-4ee2-b9ce-513e83976e5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).