Virginia House Bill 2402 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2017 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-20 - Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (6-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; willful violations; grounds for termination. Provides that if the court finds that any officer or employee of a public body (i) receives a request for records that was sent by a requester by certified mail, return receipt requested, and (ii) without legal excuse or justification deliberately, willfully, and knowingly fails to make a response to such request, such officer or employee may be terminated for cause by his appointing authority or agency head.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; willful violations, grounds for termination.

Del. Rick Morris [R]

2017-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (6-Y 7-N) (Y: 6 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2017-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (67-Y 27-N) (Y: 67 N: 27 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (14-Y 6-N) (Y: 14 N: 6 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N) (Y: 4 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-20	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (6-Y 7-N)
2017-02-10	Senate	Assigned GL&T sub: #1
2017-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2017-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2017-02-07	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (67-Y 27-N)
2017-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (67-Y 27-N)
2017-02-06	House	Read second time and engrossed
2017-02-04	House	Read first time
2017-02-02	House	Reported from General Laws (14-Y 6-N)
2017-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)
2017-01-23	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
2017-01-18	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2017-01-18	House	Presented and ordered printed 17100847D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3715	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2402
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2402+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H1102V0041+HB2402
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H1102V0054+HB2402
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H11V0102+HB2402
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2089+HB2402
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S12V0187+HB2402