---
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 HB 370."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 292"
citation: "Virginia SB 292 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41fd633b-a9c8-408f-ba55-337f76bbe4ff"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB292"
source_hash: "1bbf5b05046aea8c2d286ab21d607ebe3f12790c0f96bd657453a5e99c9fd43e"
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 292 (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 HB 370.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1006)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1006)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB292ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB292ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD (SB292)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB292)

## Votes

- Reported from Local Government (12-Y 1-N) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101853D `introduction`
- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Reported from Local Government (12-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-15** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-16** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (SB292)
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1006 (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/41fd633b-a9c8-408f-ba55-337f76bbe4ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).