| VA | HB147 | Intro
Sine Die | Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to terrorism hoax incident, bomb threat, malicious activation of fire alarm, or false emergency communication to emergency personnel. Allows a locality ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Courts of Justice Committee |
| VA | HB235 | Intro
Sine Die | Persons occupying street for commercial use; civil penalty. Allows cities and towns by ordinance to establish a uniform schedule of civil penalties for commercial use of a street, avenue, park, bridge, or any other public place or public property or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee |
| VA | HB476 | Intro
Sine Die | Vacant buildings; registration. Permits any county, city, or town to require, by ordinance, the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and (i) that meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law, (ii) that meet... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee |
| VA | HB334 | Intro
Sine Die | Certification of boiler and pressure vessel operators by localities. Repeals an existing statute that allows localities by ordinance to require certification of boiler and pressure vessel operators. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee |
| VA | HB668 | Intro
Sine Die | Timing of local elections. Provides that a locality may by ordinance shift the timing of the election of members of the local governing body from an even year to an odd year by extending the existing terms of local governing body members by one year.... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Privileges and Elections Committee |
| VA | HB930 | Intro
Sine Die | Zoning ordinances; adequate public facilities. Allows a locality to determine the timing of development by considering the adequacy of public facilities when making zoning decisions. The bill provides that a locality that makes a determination of ina... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee |
| VA | HB1036 | Intro
Sine Die | Local tax authority; nicotine vapor products. Authorizes localities by ordinance to impose a sales and use tax on nicotine vapor products, defined in the bill to include liquid nicotine in closed and open systems, as such terms are defined in the bil... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Finance Committee |
| VA | HB1034 | Intro
Sine Die | Civil penalties for violations of zoning ordinance; short-term rentals. Allows any locality to adopt a uniform schedule of civil penalties for the violation of provisions of the zoning ordinance related to short-term rentals. The schedule of civil pe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee |
| VA | HB1236 | Intro
Sine Die | Local government actions related to comprehensive plans, local planning commissions, subdivision plats and site plans, and zoning ordinances; approval process. Makes several changes to local government land use approval processes, including (i) prohi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee |
| VA | HB646 | Intro
Sine Die | Zoning; certified recovery residence. Requires that a locality's zoning ordinances for all purposes shall consider a certified recovery residence in which individuals with substance use disorder reside as residential occupancy by a single family. The... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee |
| VA | HB1459 | Intro
Sine Die | Zoning ordinance and amendments thereto; special exceptions; appeal. Clarifies that a claim (i) challenging the procedures employed or (ii) stating a decision is void ab initio for any reason relating to a local governing body's final decision on a p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 Failed to report (defeated) in Counties, Cities and Towns (10-Y 10-N) |
| VA | HB646 | Intro
Prefile | Zoning; certified recovery residence. Requires that a locality's zoning ordinances for all purposes shall consider a certified recovery residence in which individuals with substance use disorder reside as residential occupancy by a single family. The... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee |
| VA | HB1253 | Intro
Sine Die | Affordable dwelling unit ordinances; accessible units. Provides that any locality that has adopted an affordable dwelling unit ordinance may require under such ordinance that a set percentage of the units built by a developer are compliant with the a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To House General Laws Committee |
| VA | HB1253 | Intro
Prefile | Affordable dwelling unit ordinances; accessible units. Provides that any locality that has adopted an affordable dwelling unit ordinance may require under such ordinance that a set percentage of the units built by a developer are compliant with the a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To House General Laws Committee |
| VA | HB20 | Intro
Sine Die | Photo speed monitoring devices; location. Authorizes the governing body of any county, city, or town to provide by ordinance for the placement and operation of photo speed monitoring devices in any location deemed necessary by the locality for the pu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To House Transportation Committee |
| VA | HB905 | Intro
Sine Die | Photo speed monitoring devices; location. Authorizes the governing body of any county, city, or town to provide by ordinance for the placement and operation of photo speed monitoring devices in any location deemed necessary by the locality for the pu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 Incorporated by Transportation |
| VA | HB533 | Intro
Sine Die | Photo speed monitoring devices; location. Authorizes the governing body of any county, city, or town to provide by ordinance for the placement and operation of photo speed monitoring devices on any highway in such locality with a speed limit of 45 mi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 Incorporated by Transportation |
| VA | HB20 | Intro
Prefile | Photo speed monitoring devices; location. Authorizes the governing body of any county, city, or town to provide by ordinance for the placement and operation of photo speed monitoring devices in any location deemed necessary by the locality for the pu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To House Transportation Committee |
| VA | HB301 | Intro
Sine Die | Local enforcement of property maintenance. Adds the violation of one or more local ordinances related to the proper maintenance of property to existing provisions that allow a locality to require a property owner to remove, repair, or secure a buildi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02 Failed to report (defeated) in Counties, Cities and Towns (10-Y 12-N) |
| VA | HB534 | Intro
Sine Die | Conservation of trees; Town of Vienna. Allows the Town of Vienna, by ordinance, to require that a subdivision or development provide for the preservation or replacement of trees on the development site such that the minimum tree canopies or covers 10... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02 Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns |
| VA | HB900 | Intro
Sine Die | Zoning; development and use of accessory dwelling units. Requires a locality to include in its zoning ordinances for single-family residential zoning districts accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, as defined in the bill, as a permitted accessory use. T... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee |
| VA | HB900 | Intro
Prefile | Zoning; development and use of accessory dwelling units. Requires a locality to include in its zoning ordinances for single-family residential zoning districts accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, as defined in the bill, as a permitted accessory use. T... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee |