republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1970.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Economic revitalization zones; counties may establish by ordinance.	Economic revitalization zones; counties may establish by ordinance.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1970	Virginia HB 1970 (2017)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns	enacted	R. Steven Landes	3	15	6	2017-01-10	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/12c98365-8e0b-43e8-ae7a-2da988ada95e	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1970	e53b43de3cd65883e04a70571467d4b32375446195a237964ca4e5d9448d27fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1970 (2017) — Economic revitalization zones; counties may establish by ordinance.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0384) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1970ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100634D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Local Government — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 21–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• R. Steven Landes — primary (person)
• David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
• Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100634D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled
• 2017-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 384 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12c98365-8e0b-43e8-ae7a-2da988ada95e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).