Virginia Senate Bill 1263 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meeting by electronic communication means by certain committees, subcommittees, etc., of state public bodies; personal matters. Authorizes an advisory public body, defined as any state public body classified as advisory pursuant to § 2.2-2100 or any committee, subcommittee, or other entity, however designated, of a state public body created to advise the state public body, to meet by electronic communication means without a quorum of the advisory public body being physically assembled at one location, provided, among other requirements, the meeting is conducted utilizing a combined audio and visual communication method. The bill requires any advisory public body holding this kind of electronic communication meeting to make an audiovisual recording of the meeting, which recording shall be preserved by the advisory public body for a period of three years from the date of the meeting. The bill also enhances the annual reporting requirements for any public body authorized to conduct electronic communication meetings and requires the FOIA Council to develop a form that an authorized public body must make available to the public at any such meeting for public comment. The above-described provisions of the bill by its terms will expire on July 1, 2014. Finally, the bill allows a member of any public body to participate in a meeting by electronic communication means due to personal matters under certain circumstances. Currently, such remote participation is allowed only for emergency, medical condition, or distance from the meeting location of more than 60 miles. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.

VA FOIA; meeting by electronic communication means by certain committees, etc. of State bodies.

Sen. Richard Stuart [R]

2013-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-14 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Bills placed in block (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)
2013-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 694 (effective 7/1/13)
2013-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2013-02-22	House	Signed by Speaker
2013-02-22	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1263ER)
2013-02-22	Senate	Enrolled
2013-02-19	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
2013-02-19	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2013-02-19	House	Read third time
2013-02-18	House	Read second time
2013-02-14	House	Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
2013-02-11	House	Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement
2013-02-11	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2013-02-11	House	Read first time
2013-02-11	House	Placed on Calendar
2013-02-05	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-05	Senate	Bills placed in block (39-Y 0-N)
2013-02-05	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2013-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-04	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)
2013-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2013-01-11	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 13103272D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3708	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3708.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1263
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1263+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1263ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0694+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S12V0087+SB1263
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0375SB1263+SB1263
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0377SB1263+SB1263
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0376SB1263+SB1263
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0378SB1263+SB1263
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H11V0199+SB1263
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV1044+SB1263