HB890:

Va. Freedom of Information Act; release of certain law-enforcement criminal incident information.

Bill Summary:

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; repeal; release of certain law-enforcement criminal incident information and criminal investigative files. Repeals the provisions in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (i) regarding the release of criminal investigative files that relate to a criminal investigation or proceeding that is not ongoing; (ii) that provide limitations to the mandatory release of criminal incident information relating to felony offenses and certain criminal investigative files; and (iii) that allow for, in the case of a request for certain criminal investigative files, an additional 60 work days to respond to such request after the initial allowable five-work-day response period. This bill is incorporated into HB 734.