Virginia House Bill 2507 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Office of the Attorney General; FOIA Ombudsman; powers and duties; report. Requires the Attorney General to appoint a Virginia Freedom of Information Act Ombudsman (Ombudsman) to promote compliance by state agencies with the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The bill outlines the powers and duties of the Ombudsman and provides for the Ombudsman to submit by November 30 of each year a report on his activities and policy recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.

Attorney General, Office of the; FOIA Ombudsman appointed, powers and duties, report.

Sen. Danica Roem [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

2019-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 4-N) (Y: 2 N: 4 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in General Laws
2019-01-29	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 4-N)
2019-01-16	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2019-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103994D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	501.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2507
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2507+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1104V0023+HB2507