Virginia Senate Bill 838 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 1 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-10 - Failed to report (defeated) in Counties, Cities and Towns (10-Y 10-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Vacant buildings; registration. Permits any city and certain towns to require, by ordinance, the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and (i) which meets the definition of "derelict building", (ii) which meet the definition of "criminal blight", or (iii) in which a locality has determined a person is living without the authority of the owner or owners to register such building annually. Under current law, any city and certain towns are permitted to require the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law to register such building annually. Vacant buildings; registration. Permits any city and certain towns to require, by ordinance, the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and (i) which meets the definition of "derelict building", (ii) which meet the definition of "criminal blight", or (iii) in which a locality has determined a person is living without the authority of the owner or owners to register such building annually. Under current law, any city and certain towns are permitted to require the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law to register such building annually.

Vacant building; registration.

Sen. Mamie Locke [D]

2023-02-10 - House - House: Failed to report (defeated) in Counties, Cities and Towns (10-Y 10-N) (Y: 10 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2023-02-09 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Local Government with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-10	House	Failed to report (defeated) in Counties, Cities and Towns (10-Y 10-N)
2023-02-09	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	House	Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2023-02-08	House	Read first time
2023-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-01	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-01	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB838S1
2023-02-01	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105831D-S1
2023-02-01	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-01	Senate	Read second time
2023-01-31	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105831D-S1
2023-01-30	Senate	Reported from Local Government with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2022-12-27	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2022-12-27	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102458D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1127	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB838
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB838+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB838S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105831D.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S07V0028+SB0838
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0178SB0838+SB0838
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0190SB0838+SB0838
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0191SB0838+SB0838
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0702V0023+SB0838
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H07V0060+SB0838