---
type: "Bill"
title: "Proffers; notice of amendment."
description: "Provides that when any landowner applies to the governing body for amendments to proffered conditions, direct mail notice shall be given to those directly affected by the amendment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1797"
citation: "Virginia HB 1797 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Property and Conveyances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher P. Stolle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17848dfa-e4ee-428e-8c0f-63cc7ae11d1b"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1797"
source_hash: "a9222afa7e85b1661904acba031183f8e784b16049bd3d2e1b6980e6d1c911ff"
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 1797 (2017) — Proffers; notice of amendment.

Provides that when any landowner applies to the governing body for amendments to proffered conditions, direct mail notice shall be given to those directly affected by the amendment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0379)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1797ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1797ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101820D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1797)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Local Government — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Christopher P. Stolle — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101820D `introduction`
- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 379 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17848dfa-e4ee-428e-8c0f-63cc7ae11d1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).