HB 890 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Va. Freedom of Information Act; release of certain law-enforcement criminal incident information.

Summary
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; repeal; release of certain law-enforcement criminal incident information and criminal investigative files. Repeals the provisions in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (i) regarding the release of criminal investigative files that relate to a criminal investigation or proceeding that is not ongoing; (ii) that provide limitations to the mandatory release of criminal incident information relating to felony offenses and certain criminal investigative files; and (iii) that allow for, in the case of a request for certain criminal investigative files, an additional 60 work days to respond to such request after the initial allowable five-work-day response period. This bill is incorporated into HB 734.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2022 Last action Feb 10, 2022
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Committee
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Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB734-Bell)
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101446D
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Terry Kilgore
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