Attorney General, Office of the; representation of members of G.A. for violations of FOIA.
Summary
Allows the Office of the Attorney General to represent a member of the General Assembly in any civil matter alleging that such member in his official capacity violated the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.). This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Dec 21, 2018
Last action Mar 4, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 21, 2019
How they voted
33–1
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 21, 2019
D
Democratic14
92% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Feb 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
lower
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 5, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1101E
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Dec 21, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
Dec 21, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100756D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill DeSteph
RRepublican
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