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| Bill | Overgrown vegetation; local authority. | Overgrown vegetation; local authority. Authorizesany locality within Planning District 23 or that has a populationof at least 75,000 to include provisions for cutting overgrown shrubs,trees, and other such vegetation in an ordinance requiring certainlandowners to cut the grass, weeds, and other foreign growth on certainproperty. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 549 | Virginia HB 549 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 549 (2020) — Overgrown vegetation; local authority.
Overgrown vegetation; local authority. Authorizesany locality within Planning District 23 or that has a populationof at least 75,000 to include provisions for cutting overgrown shrubs,trees, and other such vegetation in an ordinance requiring certainlandowners to cut the grass, weeds, and other foreign growth on certainproperty.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB549ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DHCD (HB549) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate with amendment (31-Y 9-N) — 31–9 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N) — 59–36 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (72-Y 26-N 1-A) — 71–26 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with amendment (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102310D
introduction - 2020-01-05 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 (HB549)
- 2020-01-24 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-28 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-29 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 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 (72-Y 26-N 1-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-03 VOTE: Passage (72-Y 26-N 1-A)
- 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-04 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2020-02-10 Reported from Local Government with amendment (13-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-12 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-12 Reading of amendment waived
- 2020-02-12 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-02-12 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2020-02-12 Passed Senate with amendment (31-Y 9-N)
passage - 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-14 Senate amendment agreed to by House (60-Y 36-N)
- 2020-02-14 VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N)
- 2020-02-17 Enrolled
- 2020-02-17 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-17 Signed by President
- 2020-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on Februry 18, 2020
- 2020-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 25, 2020
- 2020-02-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 13 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43b79441-63af-4192-bef5-e4d6e8cfa57f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).