HB 2143 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

FOIA; training approved by Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council, online courses offered.

Summary
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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 11, 2017 Signed Mar 3, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Mar 3, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 290 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2143H1
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17104679D-H1
legislature
Jan 16, 2017
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100881D
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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