Legislative Research: VA SB839 | 2015 | Regular Session

Other Sessions

SessionTitle/DescriptionLast Action
2025
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Zoning; by-right multifamily development in areas zoned for commercial use. Requires a locality to provide in its zoning ordinance provisions allowing for the by-right development and construction of multifamily residential uses on all land contained...
[SB839 2025 Detail][SB839 2025 Text][SB839 2025 Comments]
2025-01-20
Failed to report (defeated) in Local Government (5-Y 7-N 3-A)
2023
Regular Session

(Passed)
Department of Housing and Community Development; statewide housing needs assessment and plan; annual reports by certain localities. Adds to the powers and duties of the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development the responsibilit...
[SB839 2023 Detail][SB839 2023 Text][SB839 2023 Comments]
2023-03-27
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0716)
2020
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Permitted provisions in the zoning ordinance; worker protection. Authorizes a locality to include in its zoning ordinance certain conditions as part of the grant of a special exception that permits development at a floor area ratio (FAR) greater than...
[SB839 2020 Detail][SB839 2020 Text][SB839 2020 Comments]
2020-04-08
Letter sent to the Virginia Housing Commission
2018
Regular Session

(Engrossed - Dead)
Turns in certain residential areas; resident stickers. Allows counties by ordinance to develop a program to issue permits to residents of a designated area that will allow such residents to make turns into or out of the neighborhood during certain ti...
[SB839 2018 Detail][SB839 2018 Text][SB839 2018 Comments]
2018-02-12
Read third time and defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N)
2017
Regular Session

(Passed)
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; storm-related repairs. Provides that it is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to engage in fraudulent or improper or dishonest conduct while engaged in a transaction that ...
[SB839 2017 Detail][SB839 2017 Text][SB839 2017 Comments]
2017-02-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016)
2015
Regular Session

(Passed)
Special license plates; Newport News Shipbuilding. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for supporters of Newport News Shipbuilding bearing the legend NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING.
[SB839 2015 Detail][SB839 2015 Text][SB839 2015 Comments]
2015-03-17
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242)
2013
Regular Session

(Passed)
Local boundaries for law-enforcement purposes. Provides that localities may designate mutually agreed-upon boundary lines between contiguous localities for purposes of organizing 911 dispatch and response, determining territorial jurisdiction in cri...
[SB839 2013 Detail][SB839 2013 Text][SB839 2013 Comments]
2013-04-03
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0775)
2011
Regular Session

(Passed)
Homestead exemptions. Adds one firearm, not to exceed $3,000 in value, to the list of items that every householder shall be entitled to hold exempt from creditor process. The bill also increases the maximum exemption for a motor vehicle from $2,000 t...
[SB839 2011 Detail][SB839 2011 Text][SB839 2011 Comments]
2011-04-06
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0835)

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Legislative Citation

APA
VA SB839 | 2015 | Regular Session. (2015, March 17). LegiScan. Retrieved June 11, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB839/2015
MLA
"VA SB839 | 2015 | Regular Session." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 17 Mar. 2015. Web. 11 Jun. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB839/2015>.
Chicago
"VA SB839 | 2015 | Regular Session." March 17, 2015 LegiScan. Accessed June 11, 2026. https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB839/2015.
Turabian
LegiScan. VA SB839 | 2015 | Regular Session. 17 March 2015. https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/SB839/2015 (accessed June 11, 2026).

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SB839
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB839+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB839E+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB839ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0242+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S11V0014+SB0839
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0081SB0839+SB0839
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0082SB0839+SB0839
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0142SB0839+SB0839
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H1903V0026+SB0839
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H19V0134+SB0839
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV2598+SB0839

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