VA HB725 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-02-26 - Continued to 2025 in Local Government (12-Y 3-N)
Pending: Senate Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-02-26 - Continued to 2025 in Local Government (12-Y 3-N)
Pending: Senate Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Counties, cities and towns; powers of local government; conveyance of real property; public hearing requirement. Adds to the list of exemptions from the requirement imposed upon localities to hold a public hearing prior to the disposition of real property owned by such locality the conveyance of any utility easement necessary to provide utilities to residential properties adjacent to property owned by the locality. Current law only excludes from such public hearing requirement (i) the leasing of real property to another public body, political subdivision, or authority and (ii) the conveyance of site development or utility easements related to transportation projects across public property.
Title
Local government; powers, conveyance of real property, public hearing requirement.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Local Government (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-02 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-02 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | Continued to 2025 in Local Government (12-Y 3-N) |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Local Government |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2024-02-08 | House | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-08 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2024-02-06 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-02 | House | Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-01 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-16 | House | Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 2024-01-09 | House | Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns |
| 2024-01-09 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104944D |
