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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Localities; publication of notice in newspaper."
+description: "Publication of notice by localities. Provides that in any instance in which a locality has submitted a correct and timely notice request to a newspaper published or having general circulation in the locality and such newspaper fails to publish the notice, or publishes the notice incorrectly, such locality shall be deemed to have met the appropriate notice requirements so long as the notice was published in the next available edition of a newspaper having general circulation in the locality."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 167"
+citation: "Virginia HB 167 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Margaret B. Ransone"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-01-10"
+last_action: "2022-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8583664-e154-4111-81ad-c8df38de439b"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB167"
+source_hash: "7fc7eb76fd09329fde5432a47fbf3b45488ea26846125d692dbfcf44cc39dd77"
+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 167 (2022) — Localities; publication of notice in newspaper.
+
+Publication of notice by localities. Provides that in any instance in which a locality has submitted a correct and timely notice request to a newspaper published or having general circulation in the locality and such newspaper fails to publish the notice, or publishes the notice incorrectly, such locality shall be deemed to have met the appropriate notice requirements so long as the notice was published in the next available edition of a newspaper having general circulation in the locality.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0478** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0478)
+2. **HB167ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB167ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102634D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB167)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Passage (77-Y 23-N) — **76–23** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Margaret B. Ransone — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102634D `introduction`
+- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-18** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
+- **2022-01-28** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-03** Read third time and passed House (77-Y 23-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-03** VOTE: Passage (77-Y 23-N)
+- **2022-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2022-02-04** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-21** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-23** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
+- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
+- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
+- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
+- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 478 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8583664-e154-4111-81ad-c8df38de439b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+