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VIRGINIA
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
ADVISORY COUNCIL
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
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2007
Subcommittees
At its March 19, 2007 meeting the FOIA Council
appointed two subcommittees to study current FOIA issues and
legislation as detailed below.
1. Electronic
Meetings Subcommittee
The Electronic
Meetings Subcommittee was initially formed in 2005 to study
issues raised by HB 2760 (Delegate Reese), and was continued
in 2006 to study SB 465 (Senator Edwards). Three bills were
referred to the FOIA Council from the 2007 Session of the
General Assembly that fall within the purview of this subcommittee:
HB 2293 (Delegate McClellan), HB 2553 (Delegate Ebbin), and
SB 1271 (Senator Whipple). HB 2293 would have permitted local
governing bodies and school boards to conduct electronic meetings
wherein no public business is transacted (i.e., discussions
only). HB 2553 would have allowed local public bodies to conduct
electronic meetings under certain conditions when a local
state of emergency has been declared. SB 1271 would have removed
the requirement for a quorum to be physically assembled when
a state public body conducts an electronic meeting. The Electronic
Meetings Subcommittee has been continued to examine these
issues and consists of Council members Edwards (Chair), Senator
Houck, Wiley, Miller, Fifer, and Axselle.
Meetings
Scheduled:
Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 10:00 a.m.
General Assembly Building, House Room C
Meeting Summary
Legislative History
of § 2.2-3708 Electronic Communications Meetings
Thursday,
June 7, 2007 - 1:00 p.m.
General Assembly Building, Speaker's Conference Room, 6th
Floor
Meeting Summary
Thursday,
July 12, 2007 - 12:00 p.m.
General Assembly Building, Speaker's Conference Room, 6th
Floor
Agenda
Proposed Draft
Revised
Draft
Meeting
Summary
2. Personal
Identifying Information Subcommittee
Nine
bills covering six topics were referred to the FOIA Council
for study from the 2007 Session of the General Assembly that
all deal with issues concerning personal identifying information:
HB 2821 (Delegate Sickles), HB 2558 (Delegate Brink), HB 3097
(Delegate Cole)/SB 1106 (Senator Chichester), HB 3118 (Delegate
Carrico)/SB 883 (Senator Deeds), HB 3161 (Delegate D. Marshall)/SB
1404 (Senator Hanger), and SB 819 (Senator Cuccinelli). HB
2821 would have provided a general exemption for social security
numbers, and was referred to both the FOIA Council and the
Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS). HB 2558
exempts certain information in rabies vaccination certifications,
and was passed with a sunset provision such that it expires
July 1, 2008. HB 3097 and SB 1106 would have exempted certain
personal information in constituent correspondence. HB 3118
and SB 883 would have exempted certain personal information
in licensing records of the Department of Game and Inland
Fisheries. HB 3161 and SB 1404 would have exempted complainant
information with respect to violations of local ordinances.
SB 819 would have provided a general exemption for social
security numbers and other personal information. Additional
concerns arose after the conclusion of the 2007 Session of
the General Assembly regarding the online publication of a
list of concealed carry handgun permit holders. The Personal
Identifying Information Subcommittee was formed by the FOIA
Council at its March 19, 2007 meeting to address these issues.
The Subcommittee consists of Council members Senator Houck
(Chair), Delegate Griffith, Malveaux, Bryan, Edwards, Hopkins,
Spencer, and Yelich.
Meetings
Scheduled:
Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 1:00 p.m.
General Assembly Building, House Room C
Meeting Summary
Protection of Citizens'
Personal Identifying Information
Thursday,
July 12, 2007 - 1:00 p.m.
General
Assembly Building, Speaker's Conference Room, 6th Floor
Agenda
Meeting
Summary
Wednesday,
August 22, 2007 - 10:00 a.m.
General Assembly Building, Speaker's Conference Room, 6th
Floor
Agenda
Meeting Summary
Concealed Carry Permits Draft
Current Restrictions on Use of SSNs
Federal Initiatives
Other States' Laws on Access
to SSNs Memo
Monday,
October 8, 2007 - 1:00 p.m.
General Assembly Building, Speaker's Conference Room, 6th
Floor
Agenda
Summary
Friday,
November 9, 2007 - 10:00 a.m.
General Assembly Building, Speaker's Conference Room, 6th
Floor
Agenda
Government
Data Collection & Dissemination Practices Act Draft
Personal
Information Privacy Act Draft
Access
to Concealed Handgun Permit Holder Records Draft
Summary
Monday,
December 3, 2007 - 10:00 a.m.
General Assembly Building, Speaker's Conference Room, 6th
Floor
Agenda
Access to Concealed Handgun Permit
Holder Records Draft
Personal Information Privacy Act
Draft
Revised
Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practice Act
Draft
Summary
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