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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic, sunset provision."
+description: "Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic, sunset provision."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 1205"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1205 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lewis"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93870969-a22c-44c6-8423-1ee47021c1c3"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1205"
+source_hash: "4aecdcd897a58b7dd4dd687859f6aca4d472cdc691de5290f7adf685acc901f3"
+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 1205 (2023) — Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic, sunset provision.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0437** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0437)
+2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104290D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1205)
+3. **SB1205ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1205ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Passage (84-Y 11-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (18-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104290D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-30** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-01** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
+- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-17** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-22** Passed House (84-Y 11-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Passage (84-Y 11-N) `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1205ER) `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 437 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0437)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93870969-a22c-44c6-8423-1ee47021c1c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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