SB 1343 Virginia Senate · 2021 Regular Session

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

Summary
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; proprietaryrecords and trade secrets; carbon sequestration agreements. Excludesfrom the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedomof Information Act proprietary information, voluntarily providedby a private business under a promise of confidentiality from a publicbody, used by the public body for a carbon sequestration agreement.The bill requires the private business to specify the records forwhich protection is sought before submitting them to the public bodyand to state the reasons why protection is necessary.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021 Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 26, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 25, 2021

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Jan 26, 2021
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 298 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House (88-Y 7-N 1-A)
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101724D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors