A Virginia Senate committee advanced legislation that would mandate greater transparency from the Virginia Parole Board after two Democrats voted with the Republican minority.

The legislation, Senate Bill 5012, would make individual votes from the Virginia Parole Board on whether a prisoner should be granted parole public record. The votes would be subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

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