# Virginia SB1029: FOIA; procedure for responding to requests, charges, posting of notice of rights & responsibilities. Virginia SB1029, FOIA; procedure for responding to requests, charges, posting of notice of rights & responsibilities., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Danica A. Roem (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-02-19 (Left in General Laws) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1029-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia SB1029 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: FOIA; procedure for responding to requests, charges, posting of notice of rights & responsibilities. - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-07 - Last action: 2025-02-19, Left in General Laws - Sponsor: Danica A. Roem (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: General Laws - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (127 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Virginia Freedom of Information Act; procedure for responding to requests; charges; posting of notice of rights and responsibilities. Limits the fees charged for producing public records to the median hourly rate of pay of employees of the public body or the actual hourly rate of pay of the person performing the work, whichever is less, and provides that a public body may petition a court for relief from this fee limit if there is no one who can process the request at the median hourly rate of pay or less. The bill makes corresponding amendments to the required statement on charges in the notice of rights and responsibilities that must be posted on a public body's website. The bill also amends existing law providing that a public body may petition a court for additional time to respond to a request for public records to allow such petitions to be heard in either general district or circuit court, to give such petitions priority on the court's docket, and to toll the response time while such a petition is pending before a court. The bill makes technical amendments, including moving provisions regarding charges for the production of public records into a separate section of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Danica A. Roem (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-13 | House | Reported from General Laws | pass | 16 | 3 | | | 2025-02-11 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 6 | 1 | 1 | | 2025-02-03 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate | pass | 38 | 2 | | | 2025-01-30 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 39 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-01-29 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2025-01-22 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 14 | 1 | | ## Actions (26) - 2025-02-19: Left in General Laws (House) - 2025-02-19: Rereferred to General Laws (House) - 2025-02-19: Motion to rerefer to General Laws agreed to (House) - 2025-02-18: Passed by for the day (House) - 2025-02-17: Read second time (House) - 2025-02-13: Reported from General Laws (16-Y 3-N) (House) - 2025-02-11: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) (House) - 2025-02-09: Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government (House) - 2025-02-06: Referred to Committee on General Laws (House) - 2025-02-06: Read first time (House) - 2025-02-06: Placed on Calendar (House) - 2025-02-03: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1029) (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Printed as engrossed 25101081D-E (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Read second time (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Reading of amendment waived (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (14-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1029) (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology (Senate) - 2025-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101081D (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed, 2025-01-31: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036311.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036310.PDF) - Amendment, 2025-01-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034555.HTML) - Introduced, 2025-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017573.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017572.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 - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036311.HTML) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036310.PDF) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034555.HTML) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017573.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017572.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-SB1029-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).