# Virginia HB2502: FOIA; exclusion of certain information held by Department of Workforce Development and Advancement. Virginia HB2502, FOIA; exclusion of certain information held by Department of Workforce Development and Advancement., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Bill Wiley (Republican); status to governor, last action 2025-03-19 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2502-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB2502 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: FOIA; exclusion of certain information held by Department of Workforce Development and Advancement. - Status: to governor - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-03-19, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090) - Sponsor: Bill Wiley (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 9 (363 yes, 27 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; Department of Workforce Development and Advancement. Excludes from the mandatory disclosure requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act certain information held by the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement, which includes any information of a proprietary or confidential nature, including trade secrets, employee compensation information, balance sheets and financial statements that are not available to the public through regulatory disclosure or otherwise, and revenue and cost projections supplied by a private or nongovernmental entity to the Department for the purpose of sponsoring, implementing, and operating (i) an apprenticeship program approved by the Department or (ii) a similar lawful workforce development or public-private partnership approved by the Department that assists the Department in fulfilling its mission and objectives and whose workforce development initiative could not advance without such exemption, as determined by the Commissioner of the Department and the Secretary of Labor. This bill is identical to SB 1107. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Bill Wiley (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 30 | 7 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 24 | 13 | | | 2025-02-14 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 36 | 0 | | | 2025-02-12 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology | pass | 9 | 6 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Passed House Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | Reported from General Laws with substitute | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2025-01-28 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (36) - 2025-03-19: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090) (Governor) - 2025-03-19: Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (Effective 07/01/25) (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2502) (House) - 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2502ER) (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-18: Passed Senate (30-Y 7-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Passed Senate (24-Y 13-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Read third time (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2502) (House) - 2025-02-05: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-04: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House (House) - 2025-02-04: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-03: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2025-02-03: General Laws Substitute agreed to (House) - 2025-02-03: Read second time (House) - 2025-02-02: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-30: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2502) (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee substitute printed 25105282D-H1 (House) - 2025-01-30: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-28: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-27: Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government (House) - 2025-01-14: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2502) (House) - 2025-01-08: Referred to Committee on General Laws (House) - 2025-01-08: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104123D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-03-19: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071211.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071210.PDF) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061388.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061387.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-01-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036401.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036400.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032327.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032326.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016564.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016563.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed) - HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed) - HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed) - SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed) - HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071211.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071210.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061388.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061387.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036401.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036400.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032327.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032326.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016564.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016563.PDF) ## Related - [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025) - [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025) - [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025) - [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025) - [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025) - [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2502-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).