Virginia House Bill 2312 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)
Status: Passed on March 23 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Uniform Statewide Building Code; stop work orders; appeals of State Building Code Technical Review Board decisions; recovery of costs. Defines stop work orders for the purposes of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. The bill provides that if, during an appeal pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Process Act of the State Building Code Technical Review Board's decision with respect to the issuance of a stop work order by a local building official, the court finds in favor of the party that was issued the stop work order, such party shall be entitled to recover its actual costs of litigation, including court costs, attorney fees, and witness fees, from the locality responsible for issuing the stop work order. The bill contains technical amendments.

Uniform Statewide Building Code; stop work orders, appeals.

Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. Terry Austin [R]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Jason Ballard [R]
Del. Robert Bloxom [R]	Del. Ellen Campbell [R]	Del. AC Cordoza [R]	Sen. Tara Durant [R]
Del. Matt Fariss [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]	Del. Keith Hodges [R]
Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]	Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]
Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Bill Wiley [R]	Del. Wren Williams [R]	Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) (Y: 53 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0446)
2023-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 446 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-23	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2312ER)
2023-02-23	House	Enrolled
2023-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2023-02-15	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
2023-02-06	House	Read second time and engrossed
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-02	House	Reported from General Laws (12-Y 10-N)
2023-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2023-01-18	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2023-01-11	House	Presented and ordered printed 23104240D

SB1263 (Same As) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0448)
SB1263 (Same As) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0448)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2312
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2312+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2312ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0446+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2312F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2312FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1102V0030+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H11V0095+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1643+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S12V0152+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0567HB2312+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0607HB2312+HB2312