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Yesterday at the General Assembly, two marijuana legalization bills that had FOIA exemptions baked into them were defeated in a subcommittee of the House Courts of Justice Committee. As you might imagine, the FOIA part of it was not exactly the focal point.
A subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee unanimously defeated a bill that would have required a 21-day advance notice of incentives granted in economic development deals — including any concessions under FOIA. VCOG supported the measure and testified on its behalf.
The same subcommittee advanced an economic development grant fund with Micron. There is a blanket FOIA exclusion (meaning the records aren’t subject to FOIA, versus being exempt from disclosure — which is discretionary — under FOIA), and VCOG has talked with the patron about changing the language to protect only that information that other grant funds exempt.
Today, there will be a Senate subcommittee hearing on the two Senate bills that would require public comment at university board meetings when there is a proposal to raise tuition.
The House General Laws Committee will consider the one remaining House bill that would exempt lottery winners’ names. This one would apply only to $10 million winners, a pretty small number of people.
Standing committtes are streamed by the General Assembly
Senate committee scheudles
House committee schedules
Some subcommittees are streamed by Progress Virginia at EyesonRichmond.org
And follow the progress of the bills VCOG follows on our auunual legislative bill chart. There’s a little-known tab at the bottom of this chart that — when clicked — shows which bills are in which committees.
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