SB 1226 Virginia Senate · 2017 Regular Session

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; proprietary records and trade secrets.

Summary
Excludes from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA proprietary information, voluntarily provided by a private business under a promise of confidentiality from a public body, used by the public body for a solar services agreement. The bill requires the private business to specify the records for which protection is sought before submitting them to the public body and to state the reasons why protection is necessary. The bill also (i) allows a solar services agreement contractor or provider to designate specific provisions in a solar services agreement as proprietary information not subject to disclosure and (ii) authorizes a city to withhold from disclosure such information provided by a private entity in connection with a franchise, lease, or use under a solar services agreement.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 10, 2017 Signed Mar 24, 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
20
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Mar 24, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 737 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1226H1
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17105461D-H1
legislature
Feb 10, 2017
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Jan 17, 2017
Committee
Assigned GL&T sub: #1
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103762D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JE
John Edwards
DDemocratic
VA
21