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type: "Bill"
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title: "Freedom of Information Act; Fort Monroe Authority, closed meeting exemption."
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description: "Creates an exemption from the open meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for discussion or consideration by the Board of Trustees of the Fort Monroe Authority of matters relating to specific gifts, bequests, and grants from private sources. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1964"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1964 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Authorities", "Consumer Protection"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gordon C. Helsel, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-06"
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last_action: "2019-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bda38283-9e8e-4cba-8f16-6d58b6fc4936"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1964"
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source_hash: "87b24d8d8c8b9f0e6b67c1345de426850c027ba2409480a65e6d6ceae4455ade"
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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 1964 (2019) — Freedom of Information Act; Fort Monroe Authority, closed meeting exemption.
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Creates an exemption from the open meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for discussion or consideration by the Board of Trustees of the Fort Monroe Authority of matters relating to specific gifts, bequests, and grants from private sources. This bill is identical to
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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 (CHAP0004)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0004)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1964ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1964ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102032D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1964)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House — **90–5** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102032D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-14** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-23** Read third time and passed House (90-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-07** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-07** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-08** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 8, 2019
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- **2019-02-08** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 15, 2019
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- **2019-02-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 7/1/19) `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/bda38283-9e8e-4cba-8f16-6d58b6fc4936`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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