---
type: "Bill"
title: "Comprehensive plan; adoption or disapproval by governing body."
description: "Comprehensive plan. Extends the time by which a governing body is required to approve or disapprove a locality-initiated comprehensive plan amendment for more than 25 parcels from 90 to 150 days. This bill is identical to HB 726."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 746"
citation: "Virginia SB 746 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a05f2536-92ac-41c3-b858-fa9fef9d6269"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB746"
source_hash: "6270aaff398af327d351f18f612117e63d83b2acf6679167e64726fd55bb8c46"
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 746 (2020) — Comprehensive plan; adoption or disapproval by governing body.

Comprehensive plan. Extends the time by which a governing body is required to approve or disapprove a locality-initiated comprehensive plan amendment for more than 25 parcels from 90 to 150 days. This bill is identical to HB 726.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0760)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0760)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB746ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB746ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB746E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB746E)
4. **Impact statement from DHCD (SB746)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB746)

## Votes

- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with amendments (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. Bell — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105016D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (SB746)
- **2020-01-20** Reported from Local Government with amendments (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-22** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-01-22** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-01-22** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-01-22** Amendments by Senator Bell agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB746E
- **2020-01-22** Printed as engrossed 20105016D-E
- **2020-01-23** Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **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)
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 760 (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/a05f2536-92ac-41c3-b858-fa9fef9d6269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).