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Bill Zoning appeals, board of; clarifies provisions referring to appeal costs, includes governing body. Clarifies that provisions that currently state that appeal costs may not be awarded against the locality unless it appears to the court that the locality acted in bad faith also apply to the governing body. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 1994 Virginia HB 1994 (2017)
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Virginia HB 1994 (2017) — Zoning appeals, board of; clarifies provisions referring to appeal costs, includes governing body.

Clarifies that provisions that currently state that appeal costs may not be awarded against the locality unless it appears to the court that the locality acted in bad faith also apply to the governing body.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1994ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101886D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Local Government — 130 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 90 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 210 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Gregory D. Habeeb — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101886D introduction
  • 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
  • 2017-01-24 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2017-01-26 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-01-27 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
  • 2017-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 661 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae0c9195-8c73-44a6-9574-1f847afbf75f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).