republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-150.md

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Bill	Derelict residential buildings; civil penalty.	Derelict residential buildings; civil penalty. Allows certain localities to impose a civil penalty not exceeding $500 per month on owners of derelict residential property that have not submitted a required plan to renovate or demolish the derelict structure. The bill prohibits the total of such fee from exceeding the cost to demolish the building.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 150	Virginia HB 150 (2020)	bill		enacted	Ibraheem S. Samirah	4	31	7	2019-12-18	2020-02-24	openstates	ocd-bill/dad04b46-21bd-4ba5-8f59-8e74c39448b8	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB150	c35de29eb9a24c319fea56ae8b0ccd84d4d5f8b716ef0d7948c99bc7f4594547	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 150 (2020) — Derelict residential buildings; civil penalty.

Derelict residential buildings; civil penalty. Allows certain localities to impose a civil penalty not exceeding $500 per month on owners of derelict residential property that have not submitted a required plan to renovate or demolish the derelict structure. The bill prohibits the total of such fee from exceeding the cost to demolish the building.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB150ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB150E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB150) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N) — 19–21 (fail) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (19-Y 19-N 2-A) — 19–19 (fail) · upper
• Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N) — 58–40 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (8-Y 6-N 1-A) — 8–6 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ibraheem S. Samirah — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101974D introduction
• 2019-12-18 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2020-01-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB150)
• 2020-01-17 Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use referral-committee
• 2020-01-24 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-29 Passed by for the day
• 2020-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Amendments by Delegate Leftwich agreed to amendment-passage
• 2020-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended HB150E
• 2020-01-30 Printed as engrossed 20101974D-E
• 2020-01-31 Read third time and passed House (59-Y 40-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-31 VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N)
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB150E)
• 2020-02-10 Reported from Local Government (8-Y 6-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-12 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-12 Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N)
• 2020-02-12 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-12 Passed Senate (19-Y 19-N 2-A) passage
• 2020-02-12 Chair votes Yes
• 2020-02-14 Enrolled
• 2020-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB150ER)
• 2020-02-14 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-17 Signed by President
• 2020-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2020
• 2020-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 25, 2020
• 2020-02-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 9 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dad04b46-21bd-4ba5-8f59-8e74c39448b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).