HB 182

            
2020 SESSION

20101007D

HOUSE BILL NO. 182


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled December 26, 2019

A BILL to amend and reenact � 30-12 of the Code of Virginia, 
 relating to General Assembly meetings; streaming and recording.
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Patrons-- Levine, Roem, Aird, Askew, Avoli, Ayala, Bourne, Brewer,
Carroll Foy, Carter, Cole, J.G., Cole, M.L., Convirs-Fowler, Fowler,
Freitas, Gooditis, Guy, Heretick, Hope, Hudson, Jenkins, Jones, Kory,
Krizek, McQuinn, Mugler, Murphy, Plum, Price, Rasoul, Runion, Samirah,
Subramanyam, Tran, Tyler and VanValkenburg


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Referred to Committee on Rules

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That � 30-12 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:
 
 
� 30-12. Duties of officers of each house.
 
 
A. As 
 used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning:
 
 
"Meeting" means a meeting 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 the City of Richmond.
 
 
"Stream" means to transmit audio and video content in a compressed format over the Internet to allow end users to view the 
 content in real time.
 
 
B. The 
 several officers of each house of the General Assembly shall perform such 
 duties as shall be required of them by their respective houses.
 
 
C. The 
 Clerk of the House of Delegates 
 and the Clerk of the Senate shall implement procedures to ensure that the 
 following shall be streamed with closed captioning:
 
 
1. Every 
 subcommittee or committee meeting of a standing committee of the General 
 Assembly, 
 regardless of whether the meeting occurs during a regular or special session of 
 the General Assembly 
 or when the General Assembly is not in session; and
 
 
2. 
 Every floor session of the House of Delegates and the Senate, including any 
 joint session of the houses.
 
 
D. No 
 meeting described in subsection C shall be streamed during such time as the 
 meeting is closed pursuant to the procedures set forth in � 2.2-3712. Streaming of such meeting shall be suspended at such 
 time as the subcommittee, committee, or house begins meeting in closed session and shall 
 resume immediately 
 upon the reconvening 
 of the subcommittee, committee, or house in an open meeting and completion of a roll 
 call or other recorded to vote to certify that (i) only public business matters 
 lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under Chapter 37 (� 2.2-3700 et seq.) of Title 2.2 and such public 
 business 
 matters as were identified in the motion by which the closed meeting was convened were heard, 
 discussed, or considered in the closed meeting by the 
 subcommittee, committee, or house, as required pursuant to subsection D of � 
 2.2-3712.
 
 
E. The Clerk 
 of the House 
 of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate shall ensure that any meeting required 
 to be streamed pursuant to subsection C is also recorded and archived for the 
 purpose of making such recording available to the public for viewing. 
 
 
2. That the provisions of this act shall become effective on 
 October 1, 2020.