republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-284.md

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Bill	Removal of dangerous roadside vegetation; local option.	Removal of dangerous roadside conditions; local option. Authorizes any locality, by ordinance, to require the owner of any property located adjacent to a right-of-way maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation to remove any and all trees, tree limbs, shrubs, high grass, or other substance that might dangerously obstruct the line of sight of a driver, be involved in a collision with a vehicle, or interfere with the safe operation of a vehicle. This bill is identical to SB 225.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 284	Virginia HB 284 (2020)	bill		enacted	Joshua G. Cole	4	42	9	2019-12-30	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/03b67bd0-e911-4f56-8046-1da94567963a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB284	d8da7fc7686133296f8a285a63a296557ad9b2556f7f37220cc9e787d0f431cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 284 (2020) — Removal of dangerous roadside vegetation; local option.

Removal of dangerous roadside conditions; local option. Authorizes any locality, by ordinance, to require the owner of any property located adjacent to a right-of-way maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation to remove any and all trees, tree limbs, shrubs, high grass, or other substance that might dangerously obstruct the line of sight of a driver, be involved in a collision with a vehicle, or interfere with the safe operation of a vehicle. This bill is identical to SB 225.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0962) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB284ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB284H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB284) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 23-N) — 75–23 (pass) · lower
• Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government with amendments (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 95-N) — 1–94 (fail) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N) — 83–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101459D introduction
• 2019-12-30 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use referral-committee
• 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB284)
• 2020-01-31 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-31 Committee substitute printed 20106413D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 20106413D-H1
• 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB284H1
• 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (84-Y 15-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N)
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Reported from Local Government with amendments (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB284H1)
• 2020-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-19 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-02-19 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-19 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-02-19 Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-21 Senate amendments rejected by House (1-Y 95-N)
• 2020-02-21 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 95-N)
• 2020-02-25 Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-25 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-02-26 House acceded to request
• 2020-02-26 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-02-28 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (76-Y 23-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 23-N)
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB284ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 962 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03b67bd0-e911-4f56-8046-1da94567963a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).