SB340, companion to HB551; Creates 12-member Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.
Sponsor: Sen. Bolling
Co-patrons: Byrne, Hawkins, Houck, Martin, Newman, Potts, Schrock, Stolle and Trumbo; Delegates: Bloxom, Brink, Bryant, Cantor, Day, Diamonstein, Griffith, Hamilton, Hargrove, Ingram, May, McDonnell and Woodrum
Approved by Senate, 39-0; approved by House General Laws Subcommittee #2, with 1 dissenting vote. Approved by full House, 93-2; only Byron and Kilgore voted against it.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB340ER
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Other significant legislation
(**) INDICATES NEW FOIA EXEMPTION; there will be 6 within FOIA, quite possibly (in addition to the 96 currently listed) . . . and a few other exceptions approved for other sections of the Code.
SB 148 (**/**)
Sponsor: Sen. Stolle
Provides new “proprietary information” exceptions to FOIA open-record and open-meeting rules: Discussion or consideration, by the Wireless Carrier E-911 Cost Recovery Subcommittee, of documents and other trade secrets submitted by E-911 service providers. Tightened to conform with existing trade-secret exemptions.
Status: Passed Senate 22-17, House 73-25; governor’s recommendations rejected.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB148ER
SB235
Sponsor: Sen. Ticer
Permits use of Internet as a supplemental tool to provide public notice to potential government contractors. Amended to avoid full reliance on the Internet.
Status: Passed by Senate, 38-0; amended, passed by House 98-0.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB235ER
SB242
Sponsor: Sen. Newman
Companion bill to HB54; extends videoconferencing experiment to 7/1/2002
Status: Approved unanimously by Senate; passed House 98-1.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB242ER
SB279
Sponsor: Sen. Howell
Directs State Police to remove information it knows to be inaccurate from the on-line registry of sex offenders
Status: Approved unanimously by Senate and House, as amended
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+CHAP0250
SB312
Sponsor: Sen. Reynolds
Originally would have required law-enforcement agencies to release records of a juvenile 14 years of age or older charged with any felony. Amended to keep records confidential unless the juvenile is charged with murder or aggravated malicious wounding.
Status: Passed Senate, House.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+CHAP0211
SB341
Sponsor: Sen. Bolling
Creates a Judicial Nominations Commission and local judicial nominations
committees; all papers and proceedings of the Commission shall be confidential
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB341
Status: Passed by indefinitely
SB348
Sponsor: Sen. Mims
Provides that a victim in a juvenile proceeding may not be excluded from the courtroom unless the court determines that the presence of the victim would substantially impair the conduct of a fair trial.
Status: Passed
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+CHAP0339
SB372
Sponsor: Sen. Schrock
Creates the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) to govern
transactions of computer information. Recommendation of the Joint Commission
on Technology and Science. Companion to House-passed legislation introduced by Del. May.
Status: Passed Senate, House as amended; effective in 2001. Signed by governor
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB372ER
SB375
Sponsor: Sen. Wampler
Clerks’ records (see HB215)
Status: Passed Senate, House as amended
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+CHAP0446
SB378
Sponsor: Sen. Rerras
Requires State Board of Elections to audit financial records of statewide political campaigns and conduct random audits of at least 1 in every 7 General Assembly races.
Status: Carried over for one-year study.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB378
SB390 (**)
Sponsor: Sen. Williams
Creates a new open-record exception for electronic toll-collection records identifying an individual, vehicle, or travel itinerary “including, but not limited to, vehicle identification data, vehicle enforcement system information; video or photographic images”; Social Security or other identification numbers appearing on driver’s licenses; credit card or bank account data; home addresses; phone numbers; or records of the date or time of toll facility use.
Status: Amended, approved unanimously by Senate, House
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB390ER
SB394
Sponsor: Sen. Newman
Makes it a misdemeanor to acquire part or all of a confidential record or any record not open to the public
Status: Carried over
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB394
SB417
Sponsor: Sen. Kevin Miller
Authorizes electronic filing of campaign finance reports at the local electoral-board level Companion bill to HB720
Status: Amended, approved unanimously by Senate, House
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+CHAP0511
SB441
Sponsor: Sen. Rerras
Modifies a categorical FOIA exemption; changes name of Department of Personnel and Training to Department of Human Resource Management. Passed unanimously by Senate; 92-3 by House
Companion bill to HB690
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB441
SB552 (**)
Companion to HB1304
Sponsor: Sen. Hanger
FOIA exemption for The Department for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities. Exempts records, documents, reports relating to any individual who has applied for or who is receiving services from the Department, or information gathered as part of an investigation of alleged abuse or neglect or other denial of rights of an individual with a disability; allows disclosure of the results of an investigation that maintains the confidentiality of the service recipients
Status: Approved by Senate; amended in House to include new FOIA exemption
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB552H1
SB607
Sponsor: Sen. Saslow
Proposed a new FOIA exemption for “records maintained by the clerk of any circuit court (that) can be used to identify both (i) the name of any person who has reviewed criminal records in the possession of the clerk and (ii) the criminal records such person has reviewed, to the extent that release of such logs or other similar records would jeopardize the safety of the person whose name appears therein.”
Status: Carried over for a year at patron’s request.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB607
SB709 (**)
Sponsor: Sen. Barry
Creates a new Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy, replacing the Department for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities. Governor’s veto sustained.
Status: Passed Senate 38-1; amended in House General Laws subcommittee to include narrow FOIA exemption 4
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB709H1
SB721, 722
Sponsor: Sen. Mims
Tougher disclosure rules for property owners and condo associations.
Status: Approved.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB721ER
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB722H1
SB732
Sponsor: Sen. Martin
Changes name of Department of Employee Relations Counselors to Employment Dispute Resolution, continues existing Code language providing confidentiality for materials involved in a grievance proceeding; revises FOIA exemption for “information furnished in confidence . . . and memoranda, correspondence and other records resulting from any such investigation, consultation or mediation.” Inactive reports could be disclosed, without any identity of the parties involved or other persons supplying information.
Status: Amended, approved 36-2 by Senate; amended, approved by House General Laws, 19-5. (SEE LATER BILL FOR HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS)
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB732E
SB767
Sponsor: Sen. Ticer
Web site registry system.
Status: Carried over in Courts of Justice Committee
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB767S2
SJ77
Sponsor: Sen. Newman
Establishes a joint Senate-House subcommittee to develop guidelines for
webcasting and remote broadcasting of legislative-branch proceedings
Recommended by Joint Commission on Science and Technology; approved by Senate. House Rules letter in support.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SJ77
SJ80
Sponsor: Sen. Colgan
Establishes joint subcommittee to study campaign finance reform issues, including the effectiveness of current disclosure laws and their enforcement
Approved by Senate; in House Rules
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SJ80ER
SJ41
Sponsor: Sen. Howell, Joint Commission on Technology and Science
Asks VIPNet “to create and maintain a web portal to serve as a common gateway for educational information and services (until recently, there were at least three different home pages for this information)
Approved
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SJ41H1
HB24
Sponsor: Del. Bob Marshall
Makes Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority subject to VirginiaÃs FOIA
Status: Carried over for one year
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=001&typ=bil&val=hb26
HB54
Sponsor- Del. Chip Woodrum
Extends to July 1, 2000 the exemption of certain public bodies from FOIA’s electronic
communication meeting restrictions.
The exempted entities are (i) any public body (a) in the legislative
branch of state government or (b) responsible to or under the
supervision, direction, or control of the Secretary of Commerce and
Trade or the Secretary of Technology or (ii) the State Board for
Community Colleges. A report detailing the experience with meetings held under this pilot program must be submitted in 13 months.
Approved unanimously, House, Senate
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB54ER
HB58
Patron-Harry R. Purkey
Would have required members of the General Assembly to keep a detailed account of expenses to qualify for reimbursement.
Status Killed, 13-4, by Privileges and Elections Committee. The supporters: Griffith, Cranwell, Thomas, Jones (J.C.)
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB58
HB215
Sponsor: Delegate ‘Bud’ Phillips
Extends to July 1, 2002, the additional filing fee collected by the circuit courts for the Technology Trust Fund. The bill also spells out provisions for use of parcel identification numbers on land instruments and use of land record cover sheets in the clerks’ offices. Supported by the Land Records Management Task Force, the Virginia Circuit Court Clerks Association, the Metro Clerks Association and, as amended, by the Va. Realtors Assn..
Approved by House and Senate
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+amd+HB215AH
HB291
Sponsor: Del. Black
As amended by the House, the bill would have required each public school with Internet access to obtain and implement computer technology or execute an agreement with a network service provider inhibiting, to the extent technically feasible, student access to materials harmful to juveniles, obscene materials, and child pornography. [ In carrying out this provision, each local school board shall ensure that such technology, to the extent technically feasible, does not inhibit student access to material that is protected by the First Amendment and educationally suitable. The cost of complying with this section in the public schools shall be borne by the Commonwealth.
Status: Passed 74-22 by House (attempt to kill the legislation lost on a 49-48 vote); gutted by Senate committee; killed by full Senate on vote returning the bill to committee at end of session.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB291E
HB422
Sponsor: Del. Darner
Prohibits DMV use of Social Security numbers if driver “opts-out”
Status: Carried over one year by Transportation Committee
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB422
HB445
Sponsor: Del. Woodrum
Clarifies provisions in the 1999 Freedom of Information Act requiring prior notice of government meetings “in a prominent public location at which notices are regularly posted; AND in the office of the clerk of the public body, or in the case of a public body which has no clerk, in the office of the chief administrator. (“And” was inadvertently omitted a year ago when the act was overhauled.)
Status: Approved unanimously by House, Senate.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB445
HB491 (**)
Sponsor: Del. Hamilton
Creates independent Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy to replace the executive-branch Department for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities. Excludes records received in connection with specific complaints or investigations until the conclusion of an investigation of a complaint. Office may not at any time release the identity of any complainant or person with mental illness, mental retardation, developmental disabilities or other disability, unless (i) such complainant or person or his legal representative consents in writing to such identification, or (ii) such identification is required by court order.
Status: Vetoed by governor; veto upheld
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=001&typ=bil&val=hb491
HB513
Sponsor: Del Plum
Directs every public body that has an Internet website to develop an Internet privacy policy, to be posted on the public body’s website in conspicuous manner by January 1, 2001. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.
Status: Approved unanimously by the House and Senate
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+sum+HB513
HB532
Sponsor: Del. Armstrong
Originally would have required law-enforcement agencies to release records of a juvenile 14 years of age or older charged with any felony.
Carried over in committee.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=001=bil=hb532
HB576
Sponsor: Del. Albo
Would have tracked commuting patterns using zip codes provided voluntarily on applications for driver license.
Status: Withdrawn by sponsor.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=001&typ=bil&val=hb576
HB604
Sponsor: Del. McQuigg
Requires written consent of a patient with a noncommunicable disease, or his
agent or guardian or a court order, in order to divulge the patient’s
identity in the course of investigations, research or studies of diseases or
deaths of public health importance.
Status: Carried over one year
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=001&typ=bil&val=hb604
HB607
Sponsor: Del. Callahan
Gives unit owners in a condominium access to documentation, correspondence,
or management or executive organ reports compiled for or on behalf of the
unit owners’ association or the executive organ by its agents or committees
for consideration by the executive organ. Currently, these records may be
withheld from inspection and copying.
Status: Passed House, 98-1, Senate, 40-0
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=001&typ=bil&val=hb607
HB614
Sponsor: Del. Nixon
As amended, requires periodic audits of all state government databases and data
communications to prevent unauthorized uses, intrusions, or other security
threats, the Governor shall direct an appropriate government entity to be
responsible for conducting security audits.
Status: Amended, passed to apply only to executive branch; revised bill not on line
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB614E
HB656
Sponsor: Del. Rhodes
Stiffens penalties for late or incomplete campaign-finance disclosures; requires violators to be listed on the Internet
Status: Carried over a year
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB656
HB657
Sponsor: Del. Rhodes
Requires State Board of Elections to audit campaign finance records
Status: Carried over a year
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB657
HB690
Sponsor: Del. Broman
Modifies a categorical FOIA exemption; changes name of Department of Personnel and Training to Department of Human Resource Management.
Companion bill to SB441
Status: Passed House, 92-7; Senate, 38-0; signed by governor
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB690
HB720
Sponsor: Del. Cox
Authorizes local electoral boards to accept an electronic report of contributions and expenditures if filed electronically by a candidate for local office; requires Internet postings “promptly” when candidates file electronically
Status: Passed
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+CHAP0555
HB806
Sponsor: Del. Marshall
Requires electronic mail service providers to obtain consent from their subscribers prior to selling or otherwise releasing subscribers’ names or electronic mail or message addresses. The bill also requires providers to determine the types or categories of unsolicited electronic mail or messages that the subscriber does not wish to receive.
Status: Carried over, House Committee on Science and Technology
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=001&typ=bil&val=hb806
HB891
Sponsor: Del. Rollison
Would establish an adult protective services registry, listing any person who has abused, neglected or exploited a person 60 years of age and older. Information to be confidential.
Status: Carried over a year
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB891
HB925
Sponsor: Del. Watts
Explicitly places a board of zoning appeals under FOIA rule
Status: Approved by House, 55-42; amended and passed by Senate, 39-0; governor’s recommendations approved
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB925ER
HB 941
Patron-Donald L. Williams
Requires members of the General Assembly who receive an allowance for office expenses and supplies provided by the general appropriation act to keep a detailed and separate account of these funds and to file an annual disclosure statement. Unexpended balances must be returned to the Commonwealth.
Status: Killed by Rules Committee, 13-4
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=001&typ=bil&val=hb941
HB958
Sponsor: Del. Keister
Would have sealed all Clerk of Court records that disclose names of any person obtaining a five-year permit to carry concealed handguns.
Status: Killed unanimously; committee on Militia and Police
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB958
HB1005 (**)
Sponsor: Del. Rollison
Provides that electronic toll collection records that could identify an individual, vehicle enforcement system information; video or photographic images; Social Security or other identification numbers appearing on driver’s licenses; credit card or bank account data; home addresses; phone numbers; or records of the date or time of toll facility use are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Companion to SB390.
Status: Approved 97-3 by the House (Voting no: DeBoer, Day, McEachin); approved by Senate, 39-0
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+CHAP0583
HB1019
Sponsor: Del. Dillard
Directs the State Board of Education to make publicly available the Standards of Learning as soon as practicable; codifies contention by Board of Education that SOLs need not be released as minimum competency tests (as required by FOIA) “if, in the judgment of the Board, such release would breach the security of such test or examination or deplete the bank of questions necessary to construct future secure tests.” Permits withholding of Social Studies questions until new test questions are developed.
Status: Passed, signed by governor. (Amended, approved 18-4, Education Committee; passed by House; amendments retained by Senate 20-19.) As amended, this is one of the few bills in the 2000 session that is known to do damage to FOIA’s open-government principles.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB1019H1
HB1024
Sponsor: Del. Dillard
In any county that has adopted an optional form of county government and that requires members of the board of supervisors, the planning commission, and the board of zoning appeals to make a full public disclosure of certain gifts or donations from applicants in proceedings before the board, the members shall report the totals of all such gifts and donations. If a land owner that has purchased land from a public agency subsequently requests a zoning change, the members shall be required to make a full public disclosure of gifts and donations from the previous owner. Furthermore, in any such county, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall submit an annual public report to demonstrate that local elected officials have complied with all disclosure requirements.
Status: Carried over by Privileges and Elections Committee
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+sum+HB1024
HB1034
Sponsor: Del. Bloxom
Creates an Office of the Inspector General for oversight of facilities operated by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services. Originally defined the inspector’s reports as governor’s working papers, not to be disclosed unless a governor wanted to release them. As amended in Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee it now applies the same FOIA rules that apply to all public documents. The House, by voice vote, rejected a floor amendment to open the inspector’s properly redacted reports “to the public for inspection and copying upon request.”
Status: Approved by House, 97-1; approved by Senate; signed by governor.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB1034E
HB1085
Sponsor: Del. Ware
As amended (revision not on line), would have added a FOIA provision sealing individuals’ home addresses, e-mail addresses, birth dates, etc., unless the Code mandated disclosure or an individual “opted in” with permission to disclose.
Status: Carried over a year by House General Laws subcommittee #2
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+sum+hb1085
HB1165 (**)
Sponsor: Del. Albo
Creates narrow FOIA exemption, as amended, for consideration of proposed sanctions or penalties in any active administrative enforcement action by the Department of Environmental Quality, the State Water Control Board, the State Air Pollution Control Board or the Virginia Waste Management Board Status:
Approved as amended by House and Senate
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB1165E
HB1177 (**)
Sponsor: Del. Reid
Creates new FOIA exemption: Information furnished in confidence to the Department of Employment Dispute Resolution with respect to an investigation, consultation, or mediation, and memoranda, correspondence and other records resulting from any such investigation, consultation or mediation. “However, nothing in this section shall prohibit the distribution of information taken from inactive reports in a form which does not reveal the identity of the parties involved or other persons supplying information.”
Amended, approved by House; accepted by Senate; signed by governor.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB1177E
HB1187
Sponsor: Del. Reid
Clarifying language in record Exemption #7 to give the Attorney General the same attorney-client privilege enjoyed by county, city and town attorneys giving written advice to their local government clients.
Status: Approved by House, Senate; signed by governor
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+CHAP0430
HB1255
Sponsor: Del. Brink
Originally provided that a locality could be exempt from requirements to advertise legal notices in a newspaper if notices were advertised on the locality’s World Wide Web site. Amended in subcommittee to encourage use of the Net in addition to newspapers.
Amended, approved by House, Senate
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+CHAP0434
HB1269
Sponsor: Del. Rust
Content immunity for ISPs (similar to what phone companies enjoy) Status:
Approved by House, 91-8; Senate, 39-0; signed by governor
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB1269E
HB1295
Sponsor: Del. Scott
Expands exemption #33 to protect personal information for those participating in “affordable dwelling unit programs” funded by local governments. Status: Approved unanimously by House; amended to allow legislators to be shown as voting when not present at a committee meeting (as long as it doesnÃt change the outcome of the vote).
Amendment removed by Senate. Conferees decided House and Senate should continue to write their own rules on the question, exempt from FOIA Final legislation not yet on line. Signed by governor.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB1295H1
HB1304 (**)
Sponsor: Del. Bloxom
Adds a new FOIA exemption for active investigations involving state services for mental retardation, developmental disabilities or mental illness. Results of an investigation would be disclosed, while maintaining the confidentiality of the individual.
Status: Approved unanimously
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+CHAP0589
HB1327
Sponsor: Del. Almand
Expands exemption #31 to exempt investigative information furnished in confidence to local human rights or human relations commissions with respect to an investigation or conciliation process involving an alleged unlawful discriminatory practice.
Status: Passed, signed by governor.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB1327E
HB1387
Sponsor: Del. Clement
Creates a new FOIA exemption in a non-FOIA section of the Code of Virginia for investigative records involved in efforts to bar sale of illegally imported cigarettes in Virginia.
Status: Passed House, Senate; signed by governor
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB1387S1
HB1439
Sponsor: Del. O’Brien
Provides that independent contractors shall file annual reports to the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy regarding the name of the independent contractor, the number of the independent contractor’s employees working at each mine, the number of the independent contractor’s employee hours worked at each mine, and the lump sum amount of wages paid by the independent contractor at each mine
Status: Approved unanimously by House, Senate; signed by governor
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB1439EH1
HB1480
Sponsor: Del. Robinson
Each cable operator holding a franchise to provide cable TV “shall provide to any requesting Internet service provider access to its broadband Internet access transport services, unbundled from the provision of content, on rates, terms, and conditions that are at least as favorable as those on which it provides such access to itself, to its affiliates, or to any other person.”
Status: Carried over one year.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB1480
HB1491
Sponsor: Del. Devolites
Directed the State Corporation Commission to establish “Website Protection” regulations to “remove the legal uncertainty of a website and to establish a statutory framework to protect the interests of the website owners; establish that a website is personal propert.
Status: Carried over one year
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB1491
HB1492
Sponsor: Del. Devolites
Waives ISP’s liability when obscene material is transmitted by its users.
Status: Approved by House, 71-19; amended by Senate. House rejected Senate amendments. Conferees’ compromise passed.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB1492ER
Sponsor: Del. Day
Introduced at the governor’s request, three days before adjournment.; establishes Patrick Hospital Authority; exempts it from some FOIA rules.
Status: Passed by House and Senate; signed by governor.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+CHAP0242