Freedom of Information Act; exclusions, definition of 'Office of the Governor.'
Summary
Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; definitionof "Office of the Governor." Adds the Chief Workforce DevelopmentAdvisor and the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to thedefinition of "Office of the Governor" for purposes of excludingthe working papers and correspondence of the Office of the Governorfrom mandatory disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2021
Last action Feb 23, 2021
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 5, 2021
How they voted
53–45
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 99
Feb 5, 2021
D
Democratic54
98% Yea
R
Republican45
97% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (13-Y 8-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 21102870D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
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