---
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: "SB 1205"
citation: "Virginia SB 1205 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93870969-a22c-44c6-8423-1ee47021c1c3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1205"
source_hash: "4aecdcd897a58b7dd4dd687859f6aca4d472cdc691de5290f7adf685acc901f3"
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 1205 (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. **CHAP0437** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0437)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104290D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1205)
3. **SB1205ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1205ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (84-Y 11-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (18-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104290D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed House (84-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Passage (84-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1205ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 437 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0437)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93870969-a22c-44c6-8423-1ee47021c1c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).