Virginia House Bill 2420 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Grandfathering certain nonconforming use. Provides that a wall built on residential property shall be grandfathered as a valid nonconforming use, and the wall shall not be subject to removal solely due to such nonconformity, in any instance where (i) a residential property owner sought local government approval prior to 2008 for construction of a wall on the owner's property, (ii) the property owner was informed by a local official that such wall required no permit and that the structure would comply with the zoning ordinance, (iii) the wall was thereafter constructed, (iv) the locality subsequently informed the property owner that the wall was illegal, and (v) such a wall, had it been constructed as described in clauses (ii) and (iii) after 2017, would be considered a valid nonconforming use not subject to removal.

Nonconforming use; a wall built on residential property shall be grandfathered as a valid use, etc.

Del. Richard Bell [R]

2019-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (35-Y 1-N 1-A) (Y: 35 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)
2019-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 707 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-27		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-27	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
2019-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-20	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2420ER)
2019-02-20	House	Enrolled
2019-02-15	Senate	Passed Senate (35-Y 1-N 1-A)
2019-02-15	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-12	Senate	Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N)
2019-02-01	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2019-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-01-31	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-01-30	House	Read second time and engrossed
2019-01-29	House	Read first time
2019-01-25	House	Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
2019-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
2019-01-14	House	Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2019-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100765D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2420
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2420+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2420ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0707+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0702V0013+HB2420
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H07V0022+HB2420
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2085+HB2420
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S07V0092+HB2420
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0662HB2420+HB2420
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0707HB2420+HB2420