Virginia House Bill 1488 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 28 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0225)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain meetings, hearings, or intended actions. Standardizes the frequency with which and length of time in which notices of certain meetings, hearings, and other intended actions of localities must be published. The notice provisions included in the bill are organized into three groups: (i) publication required at least seven days before the meeting, hearing, or intended action; (ii) publication required twice, with the first notice appearing no more than 28 days before and the second notice appearing no less than seven days before the meeting, hearing, or intended action; and (iii) publication required three times, with the first notice appearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice appearing no less than seven days before the meeting, hearing, or intended action. The bill also standardizes descriptive information in such notices related to (a) proposing, amending, or repealing ordinances; (b) local budget adoption; and (c) zoning ordinances and planning-related actions.

Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain meetings, hearings, etc.

Del. Rozia Henson [D]

2024-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-28		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0225)
2024-03-28		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 225 (effective 7/1/24)
2024-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
2024-03-11	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
2024-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2024-02-29	House	Signed by Speaker
2024-02-29	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1488ER)
2024-02-29	House	Enrolled
2024-02-23	House	VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
2024-02-23	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107775D-S1 (96-Y 0-N)
2024-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-21	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1488S1
2024-02-21	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 24107775D-S1
2024-02-21	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2024-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2024-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2024-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2024-02-19	Senate	Committee substitute printed 24107775D-S1
2024-02-19	Senate	Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2024-02-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2024-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2024-02-01	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2024-02-01	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2024-01-31	House	Read second time and engrossed
2024-01-30	House	Read first time
2024-01-26	House	Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N)
2024-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2024-01-23	House	Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
2024-01-19	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2024-01-19	House	Presented and ordered printed 24105792D

HB443 (Similar To) 2024-02-09 - Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
SB413 (Similar To) 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	107	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	1201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	1301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	1427	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	1702	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	1703	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	1719	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2006	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	202	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2105	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2108.21	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2108.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2114	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2204	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2270	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2271	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2272	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2316.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2321	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2400	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2401	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2409	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2506	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2507	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2606	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2610	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2652	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2653	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	3236	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	3242	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	3400	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	3401	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	3504	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	3600	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	3805	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	3913	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	4311	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	4313	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	4405	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	503	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	5136	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	5156	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	5403	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	5431.25	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	5704	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	5806	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	603	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	716	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	749	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	7502	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	903	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	907.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	909	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	958.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	958.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	37	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	2	2001	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	2	2101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	2	2701	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	2	331	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	2	723	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	2	909	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	3245.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	3245.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	3321	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	44.15:33	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1488
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1488+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1488S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1488ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0225+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24107775D.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0701V0014+HB1488
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H07V0028+HB1488
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0178+HB1488
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S07V0064+HB1488
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0495HB1488+HB1488
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0507HB1488+HB1488
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV1143+HB1488