---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic, sunset provision."
description: "Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic, sunset provision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1665"
citation: "Virginia HB 1665 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marshall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16643f69-11f7-4eae-a61a-9896fcb56724"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1665"
source_hash: "89004a1ca76d56bc12994d1106b0568eb462c6bd36a3c67b34e656b022a9d405"
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 1665 (2023) — Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic, sunset provision.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0436** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0436)
2. **HB1665ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1665ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104197D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1665)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23104197D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1665E)

## Votes

- Reported from Local Government with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (76-Y 24-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 19-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marshall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104197D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1665)
- **2023-01-17** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB1665E
- **2023-02-01** Printed as engrossed 23104197D-E
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House (76-Y 24-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Passage (76-Y 24-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Local Government with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-13** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-15** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Senate amendments agreed to by House (78-Y 19-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 19-N)
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1665ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 436 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0436)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16643f69-11f7-4eae-a61a-9896fcb56724`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).