---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain intended actions."
description: "Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain intended actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2161"
citation: "Virginia HB 2161 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57c2d57b-9a91-476c-beb1-6b4bfaa90cb9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2161"
source_hash: "570667422c0b7e3332957080b15675f9a1ca27ab4b2059a55b1c0c3a0cf46276"
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 2161 (2023) — Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain intended actions.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0507** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0507)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23107241D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2161S1)
3. **HB2161ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2161ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101898D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2161)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101898D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2161)
- **2023-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-26** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Local Government with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute printed 23107241D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2161S1)
- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 23107241D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-23** Amendment by Senator Dunnavant agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB2161S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 23107241D-S1 (94-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage, substitution`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2161ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB2161ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57c2d57b-9a91-476c-beb1-6b4bfaa90cb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).