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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exemption for complainant personal contact information."
description: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exemptionfor complainant personal contact information. Amends an existingexemption from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for names, addresses, and phone numbers of complainantsfurnished in confidence with respect to an investigation of individualzoning enforcement complaints or complaints relating to the UniformStatewide Building Code or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code madeto a local governing body to exempt personal contact informationof such complainants as defined in the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1412"
citation: "Virginia HB 1412 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike A. Cherry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a35782d1-ae90-48d8-8778-1b4ccbcb7730"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1412"
source_hash: "996a2340f550bb4cd2d57e49e19f4a978713e18b300dd3004b1f0f28724f6890"
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 1412 (2024) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exemption for complainant personal contact information.
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exemptionfor complainant personal contact information. Amends an existingexemption from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for names, addresses, and phone numbers of complainantsfurnished in confidence with respect to an investigation of individualzoning enforcement complaints or complaints relating to the UniformStatewide Building Code or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code madeto a local governing body to exempt personal contact informationof such complainants as defined in the bill.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0064** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0064)
2. **HB1412ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1412ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24104178D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1412)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) — **372** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mike A. Cherry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 24104178D `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1412)
- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-01** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1412ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1412ER)
- **2024-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 64 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0064)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a35782d1-ae90-48d8-8778-1b4ccbcb7730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).