SB 580 Virginia Senate · 2018 Regular Session

Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; amends Act to facilitate sharing data.

Summary
Amends the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act (§ 2.2-3800 et seq.) to facilitate the sharing of data among agencies of the Commonwealth and between the Commonwealth and political subdivisions. The bill creates the position of Chief Data Officer of the Commonwealth (CDO), housed in the office of the Secretary of Administration, to (i) develop guidelines regarding data usage, storage, and privacy and (ii) coordinate and oversee data sharing in the Commonwealth to promote the usage of data in improving the delivery of services. The bill also creates a temporary Data Sharing and Analytics Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee) to advise the CDO in the initial establishment guidelines and best practices, and to make recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly regarding a permanent data governance structure.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2018 Last action Mar 7, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
5
Committee
11
Amendments
1
Mar 7, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Mar 7, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
legislature
Mar 7, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Mar 1, 2018
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology
legislature
Mar 1, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Feb 20, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Feb 19, 2018
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
legislature
Feb 19, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB580S2
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18106874D-S2
legislature
Feb 5, 2018
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
legislature
Jan 25, 2018
Committee
Assigned GL&T sub: #2
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103234D
legislature
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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