VirginiaFOIA; procedure for responding to requests, charges, posting of notice of rights & responsibilities.
What it does
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; procedure for responding to requests; charges; posting of notice of rights and responsibilities. Limits the fees charged for producing public records to the median hourly rate of pay of employees of the public body or the actual hourly rate of pay of the person performing the work, whichever is less, and provides that a public body may petition a court for relief from this fee limit if there is no one who can process the request at the median hourly rate of pay or less. The bill makes corresponding amendments to the required statement on charges in the notice of rights and responsibilities that must be posted on a public body's website.
More detail
The bill also amends existing law providing that a public body may petition a court for additional time to respond to a request for public records to allow such petitions to be heard in either general district or circuit court, to give such petitions priority on the court's docket, and to toll the response time while such a petition is pending before a court. The bill makes technical amendments, including moving provisions regarding charges for the production of public records into a separate section of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 10Left in General LawsLatest
- Feb 24Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (10-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends laying on the table. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 23Assigned HGL sub: Procurement/Open GovernmentMinor
- Feb 12Referred to Committee on General LawsMinor
- Feb 12Read first timeMinor
- Feb 12Placed on Calendar
- Feb 6Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- Feb 5Read second timeMinor
- Feb 4Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 4Rules suspended
- Feb 3Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws and Technology. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 12Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB56)
- 2025
- Nov 26Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Nov 26Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100741DIntroduced