Virginia Senate Bill 1495 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 26 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0553)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law; damages. Provides that any person against whom an enforcement action is carried out by a locality, of any ordinance or regulation, where the enforcement action was based upon a willful disregard for applicable law, regulation, or ordinance, shall be entitled to an award of compensatory damages and to an order remanding the matter to the locality and may further be entitled to reasonable attorney fees and court costs. Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law; damages. Provides that any person against whom an enforcement action is carried out by a locality, of any ordinance or regulation, where the enforcement action was based upon a willful disregard for applicable law, regulation, or ordinance, shall be entitled to an award of compensatory damages and to an order remanding the matter to the locality and may further be entitled to reasonable attorney fees and court costs.

Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law, damages.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2023-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-02-23 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-20 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) (Y: 34 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with amendments (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Local Government (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-26		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0553)
2023-03-26		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 553 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-13	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
2023-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2023-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1495ER)
2023-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-23	Senate	Title replaced 23106684D-H1
2023-02-23	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2023-02-23	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
2023-02-23	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
2023-02-23	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1495H1
2023-02-23	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23106684D-H1
2023-02-23	House	Read third time
2023-02-22	House	Read second time
2023-02-20	House	Committee substitute printed 23106684D-H1
2023-02-20	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2023-02-13	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2023-02-10	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-02-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-02-10	House	Read first time
2023-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-07	Senate	Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
2023-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-07	Senate	Printed as engrossed 23103576D-E
2023-02-07	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1495E
2023-02-07	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2023-02-07	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2023-02-07	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-06	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with amendments (10-Y 5-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Rereferred to Judiciary
2023-01-30	Senate	Rereferred from Local Government (10-Y 0-N)
2023-01-20	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2023-01-20	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 23103576D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	2208.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1495
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1495+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1495E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1495H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1495ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0553+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB1495AS
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23106684D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1495F165+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S07V0041+SB1495
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0157+SB1495
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0289SB1495+SB1495
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0367SB1495+SB1495
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0373SB1495+SB1495
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0802V0098+SB1495
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0331+SB1495
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0896SB1495+SB1495
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2278+SB1495