■ = Bill is dead or 'continued.'
2022 Priority Bills
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Cat | Number | Title | Patron | House | Senate | GA | Governor | updated |
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governance | HB 687 Support | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definitions; meeting.
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Changes the definition of "meeting" for purposes of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to mean an assemblage of at least a quorum of the members of a public body. Under current law, a meeting is defined as an assemblage of as many as three members or a quorum, if less than three members, of a public body.
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Kaye Kory (D-HD38) |
Stricken
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1/26/22 | ||
governance | HB 688 Support | School boards; production of public records; fee schedules.
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Requires each school board to develop and post or otherwise make publicly available a fee schedule governing charges for the release of public records to be used by each school within its school division when responding to requests for public records pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
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Kaye Kory (D-HD38) |
Stricken
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2/1/22 | ||
governance | HB 972 Support | Elections; removal of officers, recall elections, petition for recall.
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Provides for the removal of certain elected officers and officers appointed to elected offices by recall referendum. The bill requires a petition for recall be signed by 30 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office for which a recall is sought.
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Marcus Simon (D-HD53) |
Left
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2/15/22 | ||
governance | SB 495 Support | Elections; removal of officers; recall elections; petition.
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Reforms the process for removal of certain elected officers by recall referendum. The bill requires a petition for recall be signed by 30 percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office for which a recall is sought.
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Jennifer McClellan (D-SD9) |
Continued
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Passed
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3/5/22 |