republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-166.md

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Bill	Hearing notice by localities; timely notice related to planning or zoning matter to newspaper, etc.	Hearing notice by localities. Provides that if a locality in Planning District 23 has submitted a timely notice request related to a planning or zoning matter to a newspaper of general circulation and the newspaper fails to publish the notice, such locality shall be deemed to have met public hearing notice requirements so long as notice of the agenda, including the item intended for publication in the newspaper, was published on the locality's website at least three weeks before the hearing. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2022.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 166	Virginia HB 166 (2020)	bill		enacted	Barry D. Knight	5	39	8	2019-12-24	2020-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/7e107536-94dc-4cbc-89f7-b4a4b0672001	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB166	a2c5b816e4c771f61cdd17bf6e38937e3ccd9f29bc60434ff955d1da9fa2cfc7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 166 (2020) — Hearing notice by localities; timely notice related to planning or zoning matter to newspaper, etc.

Hearing notice by localities. Provides that if a locality in Planning District 23 has submitted a timely notice request related to a planning or zoning matter to a newspaper of general circulation and the newspaper fails to publish the notice, such locality shall be deemed to have met public hearing notice requirements so long as notice of the agenda, including the item intended for publication in the newspaper, was published on the locality's website at least three weeks before the hearing. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2022.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB166ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB166E (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB166S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DHCD (HB166) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (73-Y 25-N) — 72–25 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N) — 27–13 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 20-N) — 78–20 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry D. Knight — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-24 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103028D introduction
• 2019-12-24 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2019-12-24 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use referral-committee
• 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (HB166)
• 2020-01-24 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-24 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-29 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-01-29 Engrossed by House as amended HB166E
• 2020-01-29 Printed as engrossed 20103028D-E
• 2020-01-30 Passed by for the day
• 2020-01-31 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-03 Read third time and passed House (73-Y 25-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-03 VOTE: Passage (73-Y 25-N)
• 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-04 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2020-02-10 Reported from Local Government (12-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-12 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-12 Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) passage
• 2020-02-12 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-12 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-13 Floor substitute printed 20108232D-S1 (DeSteph)
• 2020-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-13 Substitute by Senator DeSteph agreed to 20108232D-S1
• 2020-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB166S1
• 2020-02-13 Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N) passage
• 2020-02-17 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-17 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108232D-S1 (79-Y 20-N)
• 2020-02-17 VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 20-N)
• 2020-02-19 Enrolled
• 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-20 Signed by President
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
• 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
• 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 22 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e107536-94dc-4cbc-89f7-b4a4b0672001. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).