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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Removal of blight; building collapse; emergency."
+description: "Allows a locality to charge owners of property the cost the locality incurred in removing or repairing a building or structure on such property if permitted under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code in the event of an emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 919"
+citation: "Virginia SB 919 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Housing"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2016-12-27"
+last_action: "2017-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39001d28-184c-4076-80f0-63311376a08a"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB919"
+source_hash: "16b1cc0bbb7db4655cb70a27939f4b5a3de62f5895f6b9ecdf28660020fde082"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 919 (2017) — Removal of blight; building collapse; emergency.
+
+Allows a locality to charge owners of property the cost the locality incurred in removing or repairing a building or structure on such property if permitted under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code in the event of an emergency.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0400)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0400)
+2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB919ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB919ER)
+3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102099D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB919)
+4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17102099D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB919E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Local Government — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+- House amendments agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
+- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
+- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102099D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-17** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-20** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-24** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-25** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-26** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-27** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-30** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-01-31** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-01** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-02** Amendments by Senator Obenshain withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2017-02-02** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2017-02-02** Amendments by Senator Edwards agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB919E
+- **2017-02-02** Printed as engrossed 17102099D-E
+- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended
+- **2017-02-14** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 400 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39001d28-184c-4076-80f0-63311376a08a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+