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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Freedom of Information Act; amends definition of meeting, provisions of Act."
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description: "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 SB 36."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 818"
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citation: "Virginia HB 818 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mike A. Cherry"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91701754-02a0-4890-a20d-bf88f9e308c8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB818"
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source_hash: "0f158dd998a94b4fbe6a11b6e0317b145d1b7420d2c589fb8baa052abbe7bbaa"
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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 818 (2024) — Virginia Freedom of Information Act; amends definition of meeting, provisions of Act.
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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 SB 36.
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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. **CHAP0733** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0733)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24108596D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB818S1)
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3. **Conference substitute printed 24109000D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB818H1)
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4. **HB818ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB818ER)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104175D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB818)
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6. **Printed as engrossed 24104175D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB818E)
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## Votes
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N) — **1–98** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mike A. Cherry — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104175D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB818)
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- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-06** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-08** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB818E
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- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24104175D-E
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB818E)
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Committee substitute printed 24108596D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB818S1)
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 24108596D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB818S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Senate substitute rejected by House 24108596D-S1 (1-Y 99-N)
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- **2024-03-05** VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N)
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- **2024-03-06** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-06** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-07** House acceded to request
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- **2024-03-07** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2024-03-07** Delegates: Bennett-Parker, McClure, Cherry
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- **2024-03-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2024-03-07** Senators: Locke, McPike, Stuart
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- **2024-03-08** Amended by conference committee
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- **2024-03-08** Conference substitute printed 24109000D-H1
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-09** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB818H1)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB818ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 733 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0733)
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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/91701754-02a0-4890-a20d-bf88f9e308c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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