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Bill Property Owners' Association Act; amendment of declaration adopted prior to July 1, 2017. Provides that except as otherwise provided in the declaration of a property owners' association, a declaration may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the owners. The bill is in response to the Virginia Supreme Court decision in February 2016 in us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 1554 Virginia HB 1554 (2017)
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Virginia HB 1554 (2017) — Property Owners' Association Act; amendment of declaration adopted prior to July 1, 2017.

Provides that except as otherwise provided in the declaration of a property owners' association, a declaration may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the owners. The bill is in response to the Virginia Supreme Court decision in February 2016 in

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1554ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102025D (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Printed as engrossed 17102025D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 70 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws with amendment — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate with amendment — 2317 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology — 141 (pass) · legislature
  • Senate amendment agreed to by House — 941 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • David L. Bulova — primary (person)
  • Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2016-12-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102025D introduction
  • 2016-12-29 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2017-01-16 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2017-01-23 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-24 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-01-24 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2017-01-24 Engrossed by House as amended HB1554E
  • 2017-01-24 Printed as engrossed 17102025D-E
  • 2017-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-01-26 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-16 Passed by for the day
  • 2017-02-17 Passed by for the day
  • 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-20 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2017-02-20 Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2017-02-20 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2017-02-21 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-21 Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 1-N)
  • 2017-02-24 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-24 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
  • 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 374 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b184d1fc-9797-42fd-aca0-40704b6425c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).