VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

For specific recommendations made by the FOIA Council following the three-year study under House Joint Resolution No. 96 (2014), please see the HJR 96 page.

Meeting Schedule

• Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 1:30 p.m., House Committee Room A -008, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • LD 24100844D (remote participation in meetings by members of public bodies with disabilities; voting)
  • LD 24101464 (procedure for enforcement - lawful action not void)
  • LD 24101710 (statute of limitations)
  • LD 24103187 (Stuart; exception for meetings of local political parties)
  • LD24101703 (Crim/Rhyne; definitions of "meeting" and "public business")
  • Draft from VCOG and VPA
  • Public comment from Robin Wallace
  • Public comment from Andrew McRoberts
  • Public comment from Sarah Graham Taylor
  • Public comment from Megan Rhyne and Martin Crim
  • Public comment from Phil Abraham
  • Public comment from Allison Thurman
  • Public comment from Kelly Lackey
  • Public comment from REV UP
  • Public comment from Jesse Monroe
  • Public comment from Lynne Blythe
  • Public comment from Sarah Graham Taylor
  • Public comment from Robert Tyler

• Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 1:00 p.m., Senate Room A, Pocahontas Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Public comment from Mylam Ly
  • Public Comment from Sarah Graham Taylor
  • Meeting Video (.mp4)

• Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 11:00 a.m., Senate Subcommittee Room 3, Pocahontas Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • DRAFT Policy on Individual Participation EMtgs 2.2-3708.3 -- 2022
  • HB 980 Redraft (LD0137)
  • Hawkins v. Town of South Hill Issue Brief

• Monday, October 3, 2022 at 1:00 p.m., Senate Room 1, Capitol Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • DRAFT Policy on Individual Participation EMtgs 2.2-3708.3 -- 2022
  • HB 444 Workgroup Best Practices Summary
  • HB 980 Redraft (LD0137)

• Monday, June 6, 2022 at 1:00 p.m., Senate Room A, Pocahontas Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Best Practices Summary DRAFT
  • 2022 Legislative Update DRAFT
  • Meeting Video (.mp4)

• Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 1:00 p.m., Senate Room A, Pocahontas Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • HB 2000 DRAFT
  • HB 2196 DRAFT
  • SCHEV HB 2120 Report
  • Electronic Meetings Concept DRAFT
  • Written Comments from Barbara Kanninen, School Board Chair, Arlington Public Schools
  • Written Comments from VACo and VML
  • Written Comments from Phoebe and Jim Kent
  • Written Comments from Anne Hart
  • Written Comments from Maria Swetnam-Burland
  • Written Comments from VPA
  • Written Comments from Joan Emerson
  • Written Comments from Angela Taormina
  • Written Comments from Melanie Williams
  • Written Comments from David Hindman
  • Written Comments from Richmond Transparency & Accountability Project
  • Written Comments from the People's Coalition
  • Written Comments from Patricia Pacifico
  • Written Comments from Virginia Wertman
  • Written Comments from Mary McGovern
  • Written Comments from Marina Pantner
  • Written Comments from WJCC Coalition for Community Justice
  • Written Comments from Ariel BenYishay
  • Written Comments from David Benedict
  • Written Comments from Anne Brennan
  • Written Comments from Joseph Carter
  • Written Comments from VA Innocence Coaltion
  • Written Comments from Diana Kregiel
  • Written Comments from Theresa Cavanaugh
  • Written Comments from Jennings Sharon Heywood
  • Meeting Video (.mp4)

• Monday, July 19, 2021 at 2:00 p.m., Shared Committee Room, Pocahontas Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• Bill Draft: Definition of "official public government website"
• Written Comments from CVPDC
• Written Comments from Legal Aid Justice Center
• Written Comment from RTAP
• Meeting Video (.mp4)

• Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 3:00 p.m., Virtual Meeting
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Written comments from VPA
  • Written comments from VCOG
  • Written comments from Kelsey Swieringa
  • Written comments form Lawrence Moise
  • Meeting Video (mp4)

• Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 2:00 p.m., Virtual Meeting
• Agenda
• Summary
• Phishing Study Subcommittee Bill Draft 21100968D - protection of personal contact information provided to a public body for the purpose of enrolling in electronic communications
• Phishing Study Subcommittee Bill Draft 21100969D - protection of personal contact information provided to a public body during general correspondence
• Electronic Meetings Subcommittee Bill Draft 21100964D - participation electronically due to serious medical condition of a family member
• Electronic Meetings Subcommittee Bill Draft 21100997D - participation electronically during a state of emergency
• Criminal Incident Information Subcommittee Bill Draft 21100966D - mandatory disclosure of law-enforcement criminal incident information and certain criminal investigative files
• Please see comments regarding Electronic Meetings on the 2020 Electronic Meetings Subcommittee page
• Disclosure regarding recommendations of Phishing Subcommittee
• Comments from Joshua Heslinga (VITA) re: drafts proposed by the Phishing Subcommittee
• Testimony from Jason Nixon and Debbie Borato on the Criminal Incident Information Subcommittee bill
• Comments from the Virginia Press Association
• Virginia Innocence Coalition Testimony
• Line Amendments to Bill Draft LD21100997D: Holding electronic meetings during a state of emergency
• Meeting Video (mp4)

• Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 1:00 p.m., Virtual Meeting
• Agenda
• Summary
• Comments from VCOG & VPA
• Comments from Lisa Sales
• Comments from Letty Hardi
• Comments from Irina Khanin
• Comments from Alyia Gaskins
• Comments from Sara Steinberger
• Comments from Ann Harbour
• Comments from Pat Calvert
• Meeting Video (mp4)

• Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., Senate Room A, Ground Floor, Pocahontas Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Statement from the Virginia Press Association
  • Letter from Elizabeth Bennett-Paker, Vice Mayor of Alexandria, VA
  • Email from Elizabeth Bennett-Paker, Vice Mayor of Alexandria, VA
  • Meeting Video (mp4)

• Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 1:00 p.m., Senate Room A, Ground Floor, Pocahontas Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Training Requirements Draft (LD0371)
  • Training and Reporting Requirements Draft (LD0195)
  • Loudoun County Draft FOIA Proposals
  • Meeting Video (mp4)

• Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 1:00 p.m., Senate Room A, Ground Floor, Pocahontas Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Meeting Video (mp4)

• Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 1:00 p.m., Senate Room A, Ground Floor, Pocahontas Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Meeting Video (mp4)

• Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 1:00 p.m., House Room 3, Capitol Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary

• Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 1:00 p.m., House Room 3, Capitol Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Records - Redraft #1 of SB 730
  • Records - Redraft #2 of SB 730
  • Records - Redraft of HB 904
  • Records - Redraft of HB 1329
  • Remedies - Redraft of HB 213
  • Remedies - Redraft of SB 630

• Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 1:00 p.m., House Room 3, Capitol Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • 2018 Session of the General Assembly Bills referred to the FOIA Council
    

• Monday, November 20, 2017 at 1:30 p.m., House Room 1, Capitol Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Remote Locations Draft
  • Combination Draft
  • Definition Draft
  • Trade Secrets Exemption Draft
  • Trade Secrets Remedies Draft
  • Public Procurement Act Draft
  • Declaratory Judgment Draft
  • Criminal and Law-Enforcement Records Draft
  • Opinion Letter 6/14/17
  • Opinion Letter 8/10/17
  • Final Order 8/25/17
    
    
    
• Monday, August 14, 2017 at 1:30 p.m., House Room 1, Capitol Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Trade Secrets Draft #6
  • SARTs-MDTs Exclusion from FOIA Draft
  • HJR 96 Study Issues continued to 2017
  • Use of the terms "Proprietary" and "Confidential" in FOIA (Updated July, 2017)
  • Electronic Meetings Draft
  • DGS - Regulations Pertaining to Designation of Information as Proprietary Records or Trade Secrets
  • Proprietary Records Deletion Draft #2
  • Combination Draft (includes Trade Secrets Draft and Proprietary Records Draft)
  • VPPA Draft based on DGS Language
    
    
    
• Monday, May 15, 2017 at 1:30 p.m., House Room 1, Capitol Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Use of "Proprietary" in FOIA (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.)
  • Appearances of the term "Confidential" in FOIA (including the phrase "promise of confidentiality")
    
    
• Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • 2017 Study Plan
  • Public Comments of Chief Phillip Broadfoot of the Danville Police Department
    
    
• Monday, December 5, 2016 at 1:30 p.m., House Room 1, Capitol Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Annotated Meetings Omnibus Draft (revised after November 21st meeting)
  • Annotated Records Omnibus Draft (revised after November 21st meeting)
  • Final Meetings Omnibus Draft (December 6, 2015)
  • Final Records Omnibus Draft (December 6, 2015)
  • Legislative Recommendations Tracking Document, Effective December 6, 2016
  • HJR 96 Study Issues continued to 2017
    
    
    
• Monday, November 21, 2016 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• Proposed Records Omnibus Draft
• Proposed Meetings Omnibus Draft


• Monday, October 17, 2016 at 1:30 p.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  
  
• Monday, September 19, 2016 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• VRS Comment Letter



• Thursday, June 23 - 10:30 a.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Uniform Treatment of Private Trade Secrets Under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act from Virginia Press Association
  • Chairman's FOIA Review Open Issues
  • VPA proposal for recording closed meetings
    
    
• Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Reorganization of FOIA Outline
  • Drafts Recommended by the Meetings Subcommittee:
    • 15100276 - Separates legal advice and litigation meeting exemption into two distinct exemptions (instead of combined into 1 exemption).
    • 16100002 - Technical changes for clarification of existing exemptions.
    • 16100201 - VCUHSA rewrite of A 23 to remove redundancies with other existing meeting exemptions.
  • Drafts Recommended by the Records Subcommittee:
    • 15100326 - No. 1 and 2.2-3705.8--personnel records--merged these two provisions into No. 1 for clarity; also clarified that names of public employees is public information as per OAG opinion.
    • 15100327 - No. 10--email subscriptions--eliminated definition of "personal information as defined in 2.2-3801 and added definition of "personal contact information".
    • 15101102 - No 1--"scholastic" deleted from exemption b/c already exemption for scholastic records (2.2-3705.4).
    • 15101103 - No. 7--customer account information--clarified that disclosure required for amount paid "or charged" for utility service.
    • 15101104 - No. 13--Eliminated exemption for names and addresses of subscribers to "VA Wildlife" Magazine.
    • 15101105 - No. 30--Eliminated exemption for " Names, physical addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses contained in correspondence between an individual and a member of the governing body, school board, or other public body of the locality in which the individual is a resident, unless the correspondence relates to the transaction of public business; However, no record that is otherwise open to inspection under this chapter shall be deemed exempt by virtue of the fact that it has been attached to or incorporated within any such correspondence" b/c unnecessary--definition of "public record".
    • 16100199 - No. 2--Limited Working papers and correspondence exemption to just working papers; but included correspondence in the definition of a working paper.
    • 16106514
    
    
• Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• VPA Proposal re: Redaction
  
  
• Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • Drafts Recommended by the Meetings Subcommittee
  • Drafts Recommended by the Records Subcommittee
  • Letter from Del. Surovell
  • Loudoun County School Board Proposal 1
  • Loudoun County School Board Proposal 2
  • Loudoun County School Board Proposal 3
    
    
• Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 1:30 p.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
    
    
• Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
    
    
• Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • UVA Presentation
  • Subcommittee Recommendations
  • Policy on Individual Participation in Meetings by Electronic Means
    
    
• Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
    
    
• Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 1:30 p.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• DRAFT 2014 Legislative Update
• FOIA Council Subcommittee Outline
• Study Plan Discussion Draft
• ATI v. UVA Case Brief
• DRAFT Restructure of FOIA
• Constituent Letter and Issue Paper Regarding Retaliation
• SCHEV Press Release
• Comments Submitted by Mary Davye Devoy
  
  
• Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
    
    
• Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Summary
    
    
• Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
    
    
• Monday, March 18, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
  • The Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council, A Living Legacy of Open Government for All Virginians
    
    
• Monday, December 17, 2012 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
    
    
• Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 1:30 p.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
    
    
• Monday, July 2, 2012 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
    
    
• Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 1:30 p.m., House Room 1, State Capitol Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
    
    
• Monday, November 14, 2011 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
• Monday, July 18, 2011 at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  • Agenda
  • Summary
    
    
• Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 1:30 p.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Revised Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, November 8, 2010 at 1:30 p.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• Drafts to be Considered:
• Harassment by requester
• Notice of FOIA petition
• Rewrite of Criminal Records section

Note that this will be an electronic communication meeting. Roger Wiley will participate in this meeting from the Monroe Room at The Homestead, 7696 Sam Snead Highway, Hot Springs, Virginia 24445. Please call (804) 920-6195 if there is an interruption in the
connection from this location.

This will be the final meeting of the FOIA Council for 2010 and will include subcommittee reports, action on legislative drafts, and the legislative preview.

• Monday, September 13, 2010 (which will include the annual legislative preview) at 1:30 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, July 26, 2010 at 9:00 a.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
  
  
• Monday, November 9, 2009 at 3:00 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, September 21, 2009 at 11 a.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, July 13, 2009 at 1:00 p.m., House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, April 27, 2009 - 1:00 p.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 2:00 p.m., House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• Draft Legislation
• Monday, December 1, 2008 (which will include the annual legislative preview Part 2) - 1:00 p.m. House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• Proposed Legislation:
• GCDDPA Draft
• E-Meetings Draft
• Database Index Draft
• Meeting Minutes Draft
• Monday, October 6, 2008 - (which will include the annual legislative preview Part 1) 1:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
• Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 1:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Agenda
• Summary
  
• Monday, June 9, 2008 - 1:00 p.m.
  House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Summary
• Monday, March 31, 2008 - 1:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• 2008 Legislative Update
• Summary
• Monday, December 3, 2007 - 1:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, September 10, 2007 - 1:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Draft Proposal submitted by the University of Virginia
• Summary
• Thursday, June 7, 2007 - 10:00 a.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, March 19, 2007 - 1:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Friday, December 15, 2006 - 1:00 p.m.
  House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 1:30 p.m.
  Senate Room A, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, June 12, 2006 - 1:30 p.m.
  House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 1:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Draft: Fifth response to a FOIA request
• Final legislative recommendation of FOIA Council
• Summary
• Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 9:00 a.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda **Annual Legislative Preview**
• Summary
• Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 1:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Agenda Materials:
• Legislative Draft - Mandatory Fifth Response
• Assessing Charges under FOIA - draft
• Summary
• Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 1:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - 2:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 2:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Proposed Legislation
• Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 2:00 p.m.
  Main Location: Senate Room A, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
  Remote Location (via teleconference): 113 E. Main Street, Salem, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Wednesday, June 9, 2004 - 2:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, March 29, 2004 - 2:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, December 1, 2003 - 2:00 p.m.
  House Room C, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, Sepember 15, 2003 - 2:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, June 2, 2003 - 2:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Tuesday, April 8, 2003 - 2:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, November 18, 2002 - 2:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, August 19, 2002 - 2:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 10:00 a.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Monday, January 7, 2002 - 10:00 a.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Thursday, November 29, 2001 - 10:00 a.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Wednesday, September 12, 2001 - 10:00 a.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 10:00 a.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Wednesday, March 14, 2001 - 10:00 a.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Wednesday, November 29, 2000 - 10:00 a.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Wednesday, September 20, 2000 - 10:00 a.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary
• Tuesday, August 15, 2000 - 2:00 p.m.
  House Room D, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA
• Suggested Agenda
• Summary

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