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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Comprehensive plan; adoption or disapproval by governing body."
+description: "Comprehensive plan. Extends the time by which a governing body is required to approve or disapprove a locality-initiated comprehensive plan amendment for more than 25 parcels from 90 to 150 days. This bill is identical to HB 726."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 746"
+citation: "Virginia SB 746 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-08"
+last_action: "2020-04-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a05f2536-92ac-41c3-b858-fa9fef9d6269"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB746"
+source_hash: "6270aaff398af327d351f18f612117e63d83b2acf6679167e64726fd55bb8c46"
+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 746 (2020) — Comprehensive plan; adoption or disapproval by governing body.
+
+Comprehensive plan. Extends the time by which a governing body is required to approve or disapprove a locality-initiated comprehensive plan amendment for more than 25 parcels from 90 to 150 days. This bill is identical to HB 726.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0760)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0760)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB746ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB746ER)
+3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB746E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB746E)
+4. **Impact statement from DHCD (SB746)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB746)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) — **35–5** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Local Government with amendments (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John J. Bell — primary (person)
+- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
+- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
+- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
+- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105016D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (SB746)
+- **2020-01-20** Reported from Local Government with amendments (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-22** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2020-01-22** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2020-01-22** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2020-01-22** Amendments by Senator Bell agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-01-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB746E
+- **2020-01-22** Printed as engrossed 20105016D-E
+- **2020-01-23** Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-13** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-21** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-26** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 760 (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/a05f2536-92ac-41c3-b858-fa9fef9d6269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+