Libraries

Passed

P HB1791

Virginia Public Records Act. Makes several clarifying and technical changes to the Virginia Public Records Act. The bill removes obsolete definitions, clarifies existing definitions of "archival records" and "public records," and creates a definition for "private record," a term that is used in the Act but not currently defined. The bill removes references to the preservation of medical records, an area of law that has been superseded by other state and federal medical records laws, and programs for microfilming records by The Library of Virginia, a service not provided by The Library of Virginia. The bill also clarifies that a public record may not be destroyed or discarded unless certain requirements are met. This change codifies current practice. This bill is a recommendation of the HJR 6 study (2004).
Patron - Cox

Failed

F HB2699

Public libraries; state grants to improve standards. Provides that state aid to libraries or systems serving a population in excess of 600,000 shall receive $0.30 per capita. Currently, this amount is set at $0.10. The bill also contains technical amendments.
Patron - Sickles

F HB2797

Technology protection measures; public libraries. Requires the library board or governing body of a library that receives state funding for any purpose to include in its acceptable use policy for the Internet provisions on selecting and installing on those computers that have Internet access a technology protection measure to filter or block Internet access through such computers to child pornography as set out in § 18.2-374.1:1, obscenity as defined in § 18.2-372 and, with respect to minors, materials deemed harmful to juveniles as defined in § 18.2-390. The bill also requires the library board or governing body to actually select and install the technology protection measure.
Patron - Nixon

F SB882

Technology; required protection measures; public libraries. Requires the library board or governing body of a library that receives state funding for any purpose to include in its acceptable use policy for the Internet provisions requiring the selection, installation, and activation on those computers that have Internet access a technology protection measure, as selected by the Library of Virginia, to filter or block Internet access through such computers to child pornography as set out in § 18.2-374.1:1, obscenity as defined in § 18.2-372, and, with respect to minors, materials deemed harmful to juveniles as defined in § 18.2-390. The bill also requires the library board or governing body to actually select, install, and activate the technology protection measure.
Patron - Obenshain

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