republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2024.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Condemnation powers and proceedings; notice to owner or tenant."
description: "Requires an authorized condemnor or the Commissioner of Highways to give notice to the owner or tenant of freehold property subject to condemnation between 30 and 45 days prior to the filing or recordation of a certificate in any \"quick take\" condemnation proceeding. Current law requires notice but does not provide a time frame within which such notice must be given. The bill also requires such condemnor to notify the owner or tenant within four business days of the filing or recording by providing a copy of the certificate by certified or registered mail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2024"
citation: "Virginia HB 2024 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Eminent Domain", "Highways", "Bridges and Ferries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicholas J. Freitas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2863cbb1-a3af-4b6f-b88f-4a0b9fbdd73b"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2024"
source_hash: "f86655f00b8d75edf970d9d50b8e06381b261c0650274464a32bc3b368116dce"
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 2024 (2017) — Condemnation powers and proceedings; notice to owner or tenant.

Requires an authorized condemnor or the Commissioner of Highways to give notice to the owner or tenant of freehold property subject to condemnation between 30 and 45 days prior to the filing or recordation of a certificate in any "quick take" condemnation proceeding. Current law requires notice but does not provide a time frame within which such notice must be given. The bill also requires such condemnor to notify the owner or tenant within four business days of the filing or recording by providing a copy of the certificate by certified or registered mail.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0563)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2024ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2024ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104805D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2024H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101207D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2024)
5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105301D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2024S1)

## Votes

- Senate insisted on substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by House — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute rejected by House 17105301D-S1 — **0–97** (fail) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101207D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 17104805D-H1
- **2017-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2024H1
- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 17105301D-S1
- **2017-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2024S1
- **2017-02-16** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-16** Senate substitute rejected by House 17105301D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- **2017-02-20** Senate requested conference committee
- **2017-02-21** House acceded to request
- **2017-02-22** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 563 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2863cbb1-a3af-4b6f-b88f-4a0b9fbdd73b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).