SB 200 Virginia Senate · 2022 Regular Session

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusions, administrative investigations, etc.

Summary
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; recordexclusions; administrative investigations; onsite sewage complaints.Creates an exemption with respect to the Virginia Freedom ofInformation Act for records of active investigations and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of complainants furnished in confidencewith respect to an active investigation of onsite sewage complaintsmade to the Department of Health or the Department of EnvironmentalQuality. However, the exemption does not prohibit the release ofinformation taken from inactive investigations so long as such informationdoes not reveal the identity of the parties involved or other personssupplying information.
Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2022 Last action Mar 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2022

How they voted

33–1
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 8, 2022
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
15 Yea 1 Nay
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Feb 23, 2022
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB200E
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 10, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 10, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101761D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Ghazala Hashmi
Ghazala Hashmi
DDemocratic
VA
15