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HB701

General Assembly; streaming and recording every committee and subcommittee meeting.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Mark Levine (D)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. General Assembly meetings; streaming and recording.

Requires that the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate stream with closed captioning and record (i) every subcommittee or committee meeting of a standing committee of the General Assembly, regardless of meeting date, and (ii) every floor session of the House of Delegates or the Senate, including any joint session of the houses. The bill defines a meeting as one the date and time of which have been scheduled on a public website of any agency of the General Assembly for at least one hour prior to the meeting and that takes place in the State Capitol, the Pocahontas Building, or the General Assembly Building in Richmond. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2018. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/09/2018 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101030D
  • 01/09/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Rules
  • 01/19/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB701)
  • 01/26/2018 - House: Passed by indefinitely in Rules (11-Y 5-N)

Full text and vote history:

Virginia Legislative Information System

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