---
type: "Bill"
title: "Derelict residential buildings; civil penalty."
description: "Derelict residential buildings; civil penalty. Allows certain localities to impose a civil penalty not exceeding $500 per month on owners of derelict residential property that have not submitted a required plan to renovate or demolish the derelict structure. The bill prohibits the total of such fee from exceeding the cost to demolish the building."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 150"
citation: "Virginia HB 150 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ibraheem S. Samirah"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-12-18"
last_action: "2020-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad04b46-21bd-4ba5-8f59-8e74c39448b8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB150"
source_hash: "c35de29eb9a24c319fea56ae8b0ccd84d4d5f8b716ef0d7948c99bc7f4594547"
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 150 (2020) — Derelict residential buildings; civil penalty.

Derelict residential buildings; civil penalty. Allows certain localities to impose a civil penalty not exceeding $500 per month on owners of derelict residential property that have not submitted a required plan to renovate or demolish the derelict structure. The bill prohibits the total of such fee from exceeding the cost to demolish the building.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0009)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB150ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB150ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB150E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB150E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB150)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB150)

## Votes

- Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N) — **19–21** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (19-Y 19-N 2-A) — **19–19** (fail) · upper
- Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N) — **58–40** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (8-Y 6-N 1-A) — **8–6** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ibraheem S. Samirah — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101974D `introduction`
- **2019-12-18** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB150)
- **2020-01-17** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** Passed by for the day
- **2020-01-29** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Amendments by Delegate Leftwich agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB150E
- **2020-01-30** Printed as engrossed 20101974D-E
- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed House (59-Y 40-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-31** VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N)
- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB150E)
- **2020-02-10** Reported from Local Government (8-Y 6-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N)
- **2020-02-12** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-12** Passed Senate (19-Y 19-N 2-A) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Chair votes Yes
- **2020-02-14** Enrolled
- **2020-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB150ER)
- **2020-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-17** Signed by President
- **2020-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2020
- **2020-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 9 (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/dad04b46-21bd-4ba5-8f59-8e74c39448b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).