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type: "Bill"
title: "Zoning appeals, board of; recipient to receive notice of zoning violation."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1559"
citation: "Virginia SB 1559 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Chapman Petersen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ece59be-de8c-4165-a92f-dd36d0a1b8b4"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1559"
source_hash: "cff7f0b72f7f7f11569b2b4b85d4187b05e1b770b06695b410bec0d22461bd6b"
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 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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0665)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1559ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1559ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104090D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1559)
4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104090D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1559E)
## Votes
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **211** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Local Government with amendments — **130** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House — **931** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **81** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ece59be-de8c-4165-a92f-dd36d0a1b8b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).