HB 980 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

FOIA; exclusions to application of chapter, local administrative investigations, disclosure.

Summary
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions to application of chapter; local administrative investigations; disclosure. Adds email addresses as information that, when furnished in confidence to the local governing body, with respect to complainants in local investigations are exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill expands the applicability of the exemption to zoning enforcement complaints for all such complaints, not just individual enforcement complaints. The bill also adds local public health and safety, nuisance, and waste and recycling complaints to the list of complainants whose personal information is exempt from disclosure.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2022 Last action Feb 8, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 8, 2022

How they voted

22–0
Passed
Total votes 22
Feb 8, 2022
D Democratic10
10 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican12
12 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 8, 2022
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (22-0)
house of delegates
Jan 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
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 22102670D
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors