Virginia House Bill 2004
Session 2021
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident information, criminal files.
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Mar 31, 2021
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
2004
State
Virginia
Session
2021
Motion Text
VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 44-N)
House Roll Call Votes
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Summary
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcementcriminal incident information; criminal investigative files. Adds criminal investigative files, defined in the bill, relatingto a criminal investigation or proceeding that is not ongoing, alsodefined in the bill, to the types of law-enforcement and criminalrecords required to be released in accordance with the provisionsof the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Under current law, therelease of criminal investigative files is discretionary. The billalso provides that the mandatory release of criminal incident informationrelating to felony offenses and criminal investigative files shallbe enjoined if a court finds by a preponderance of the evidence thatthe release of such information would likely effect certain results,outlined in the bill. The bill contains technical amendments. Thisbill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information AdvisoryCouncil.
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101252D
January 11, 2021
Committee substitute printed 21200329D-S1
February 17, 2021
Amendment: HB2004AC
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB2004F122.PDF
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03/31/2021
Office of the Governor
Approved by Governor-Chapter 483 (effective 7/1/21)
03/15/2021
Office of the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/15/2021
House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
03/11/2021
House
Signed by Speaker
03/09/2021
Senate
Signed by President
03/09/2021
House
Impact statement from DPB (HB2004ER)
03/09/2021
House
Enrolled
02/27/2021
House
VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 44-N)
02/27/2021
House
Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)
02/27/2021
Senate
Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N)
02/26/2021
Virginia General Assembly
Amended by conference committee
02/25/2021
Senate
Conferees appointed by Senate
02/25/2021
House
Conferees appointed by House
02/25/2021
House
House acceded to request
02/25/2021
Senate
Senate requested conference committee
02/25/2021
Senate
Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
02/25/2021
House
VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 97-N)
02/25/2021
House
Senate substitute rejected by House 21200329D-S1 (1-Y 97-N)
02/25/2021
House
Placed on Calendar
02/25/2021
House
Impact statement from DPB (HB2004S1)
02/25/2021
Senate
Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N)
02/25/2021
Senate
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
02/25/2021
Senate
Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N)
02/25/2021
Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2004S1
02/25/2021
Senate
Committee substitute agreed to 21200329D-S1
02/25/2021
Senate
Reading of substitute waived
02/25/2021
Senate
Read third time
02/24/2021
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/22/2021
Senate
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
02/17/2021
Senate
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/17/2021
Senate
Committee substitute printed 21200329D-S1
02/17/2021
Senate
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 2-N 4-A)
02/17/2021
Senate
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/17/2021
Senate
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/05/2021
Senate
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
02/05/2021
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/05/2021
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed
02/04/2021
House
VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
02/04/2021
House
Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N)
02/03/2021
House
Read second time and engrossed
02/02/2021
House
Read first time
02/01/2021
House
Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)
02/01/2021
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
01/26/2021
House
Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
01/25/2021
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/25/2021
House
Motion to refer to committee agreed to
01/22/2021
House
Read first time
01/21/2021
House
Impact statement from DPB (HB2004)
01/21/2021
House
Reported from General Laws (14-Y 8-N)
01/19/2021
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
01/17/2021
House
Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
01/11/2021
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/11/2021
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101252D
Sources
Open States
Record Created
Jan 13, 2021 9:02:28 AM
Record Updated
Apr 7, 2021 6:50:48 PM