republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1559.md

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Bill	Zoning appeals, board of; recipient to receive notice of zoning violation.	Requires that the recipient of certain notices from the board of zoning appeals receive notice via registered mail to the last known address or usual place of abode of the property owner or its registered agent, if any, prior to the commencement of the 30-day appeal period.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1559	Virginia SB 1559 (2017)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns	enacted	J. Chapman Petersen	4	20	7	2017-01-20	2017-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/1ece59be-de8c-4165-a92f-dd36d0a1b8b4	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1559	cff7f0b72f7f7f11569b2b4b85d4187b05e1b770b06695b410bec0d22461bd6b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1559 (2017) — Zoning appeals, board of; recipient to receive notice of zoning violation.

Requires that the recipient of certain notices from the board of zoning appeals receive notice via registered mail to the last known address or usual place of abode of the property owner or its registered agent, if any, prior to the commencement of the 30-day appeal period.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1559ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104090D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104090D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 21–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Local Government with amendments — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House — 93–1 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–1 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 17104090D introduction
• 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-03 Reading of amendments waived
• 2017-02-03 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-02-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1559E
• 2017-02-03 Printed as engrossed 17104090D-E
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Passed House (93-Y 1-N 1-A) passage
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 665 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ece59be-de8c-4165-a92f-dd36d0a1b8b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).