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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Historic preservation; filing of a historic designation application."
+description: "Historic preservation. Provides that thefiling of a historic designation application shall stay a localityfrom issuing any permit to raze or demolish a proposed historic landmark,building, or structure until 30 days after the rendering of the finaldecision of the governing body of the locality. The bill also specifies that the affected property owner, the applicant, or any residentof the locality who provided public input on the locality's historicdistrict plan may appeal to the circuit court for review of any finaldecision of the governing body pursuant to such application."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 1395"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1395 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2024-01-16"
+last_action: "2024-04-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e2dbc82-46d0-4039-9242-5a32f568aefb"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1395"
+source_hash: "443162c0a0248c19b63713fc72b015d12bf4a1801327430bea5b36959f6c6113"
+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 1395 (2024) — Historic preservation; filing of a historic designation application.
+
+Historic preservation. Provides that thefiling of a historic designation application shall stay a localityfrom issuing any permit to raze or demolish a proposed historic landmark,building, or structure until 30 days after the rendering of the finaldecision of the governing body of the locality. The bill also specifies that the affected property owner, the applicant, or any residentof the locality who provided public input on the locality's historicdistrict plan may appeal to the circuit court for review of any finaldecision of the governing body pursuant to such application.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0752** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0752)
+2. **HB1395ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1395ER)
+3. **Presented and ordered printed 24104538D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1395)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Local Government with amendment (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate with amendments (28-Y 11-N) — **28–11** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (11-Y 8-N) — **11–8** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
+- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 24104538D `introduction`
+- **2024-01-16** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-23** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-01-26** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (11-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-01** Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-01** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2024-02-02** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-26** Reported from Local Government with amendment (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-28** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2024-02-28** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-28** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2024-02-28** Amendments by Senator McPike agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate with amendments (28-Y 11-N) `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** Senate amendments agreed to by House (55-Y 42-N) `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-01** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N)
+- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1395ER) `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 752 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0752)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e2dbc82-46d0-4039-9242-5a32f568aefb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+