HD73 - The Freedom of Information Act and Public Access to Government Records and Meetings
Executive Summary: House Joint Resolution No. 100, agreed to during the 1988 Session of the General Assembly, established a Joint Subcommittee to study the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and provisions of the Code of Virginia affecting public access to government records and meetings. The Subcommittee issued a report which was published as House Document No. 70 (1989 Session). Information pertaining to previous legislative studies of the Freedom of Information Act and the legislative history of the Act and the open meeting principle are contained in House Document No. 70. The Subcommittee also sponsored a legislative package during the 1989 Session which included one bill and two resolutions. The bill, House Bill No. 1229 (Chapter 358 of the 1989 Acts of Assembly), contained amendments to nine of the twelve sections which comprised the Virginia Freedom of Information Act at that time. The specific amendments were discussed in the "Recommendations" portion of the report and in Appendix II of House Document No. 70. House Joint Resolution No. 247 requested the Office of the Attorney General to conduct a series of educational seminars on the Virginia Freedom of Information Ad and to consider the publication of a manual explaining the Act, which would be updated periodically as determined necessary by the Office of the Attorney General. House Joint Resolution No. 246 continued the study for an additional year. |
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