republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-859.md

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Bill	Uniform Statewide Building Code; administration and enforcement, agreements for assistance.	Provides that the local governing body of a county or municipality may enter into an agreement with the governing body of another county or municipality for the provision to such county or municipality's local building department of technical assistance with administration and enforcement of the Building Code.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 859	Virginia HB 859 (2018)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Housing	enacted	Christopher K. Peace	3	18	6	2018-01-09	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/041931c3-5f72-4ad6-95b6-1a2e88824242	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB859	ef086c1aac9bb89c85643d72e4577c825d6c10892ffb3e8542a309e194ccf8a9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 859 (2018) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; administration and enforcement, agreements for assistance.

Provides that the local governing body of a county or municipality may enter into an agreement with the governing body of another county or municipality for the provision to such county or municipality's local building department of technical assistance with administration and enforcement of the Building Code.

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB859ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104067D (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Printed as engrossed 18104067D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)
• Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104067D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-02 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended HB859E
• 2018-02-02 Printed as engrossed 18104067D-E
• 2018-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2018-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled
• 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-28 Signed by President
• 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
• 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 222 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/041931c3-5f72-4ad6-95b6-1a2e88824242. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).