---
type: "Bill"
title: "Zoning appeals, board of; dual office holding."
description: "Board of zoning appeals; dual office holding. Authorizes a member of a board of zoning appeals to be appointed to also serve as an officer of election. This bill is identical to SB 292."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 370"
citation: "Virginia HB 370 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-02"
last_action: "2020-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22d40925-bb23-420b-b336-d9e1064cadb8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB370"
source_hash: "2485f05a412c438a8b118d476caa5bd80e28fe7b4c6fad242805d3faa2cbd2d6"
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 370 (2020) — Zoning appeals, board of; dual office holding.

Board of zoning appeals; dual office holding. Authorizes a member of a board of zoning appeals to be appointed to also serve as an officer of election. This bill is identical to SB 292.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0011)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB370ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB370ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB370)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB370)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102288D `introduction`
- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10** Impact statement from DHCD (HB370)
- **2020-01-17** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-30** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Enrolled
- **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 11 (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/22d40925-bb23-420b-b336-d9e1064cadb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).