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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Vacant building registration; Town of Timberville."
+description: "Vacant building registration; Town of Timberville.Adds the Town of Timberville to the list of localities with theauthority to require the owner of buildings that have been vacantfor a continuous period of 12 months or more and that meet the definitionof \"derelict building\" to register such buildings on an annual basisand to impose an annual registration fee not to exceed $100 to defraythe cost of processing such registration. Failure to register is punishable by a $200 civil penalty and in some cases a $400 civilpenalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1232"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1232 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tony O. Wilt"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-03-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e25c1e5-392c-4c5e-9581-a5c5cb6017d9"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1232"
+source_hash: "24266a66e982b6d558c9fc7e2e2827fa4f2709b30c5d10c068ae36f5d5f74c0e"
+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 HB 1232 (2020) — Vacant building registration; Town of Timberville.
+
+Vacant building registration; Town of Timberville.Adds the Town of Timberville to the list of localities with theauthority to require the owner of buildings that have been vacantfor a continuous period of 12 months or more and that meet the definitionof "derelict building" to register such buildings on an annual basisand to impose an annual registration fee not to exceed $100 to defraythe cost of processing such registration. Failure to register is punishable by a $200 civil penalty and in some cases a $400 civilpenalty.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0145)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0145)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1232ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1232ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB1232)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1232)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — **5–1** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N) — **36–2** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N) — **88–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101351D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB1232)
+- **2020-01-21** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
+- **2020-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 9-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N)
+- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-17** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
+- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
+- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 145 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e25c1e5-392c-4c5e-9581-a5c5cb6017d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+