republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-554.md

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Bill	Zoning; wireless communications infrastructure.	Zoning for wireless communications infrastructure. Authorizes a locality to disapprove an application submitted for an administrative review-eligible project or for any zoning approval required for a standard process project that proposes to locate a new structure, or to co-locate a wireless facility, in an area where all cable and public utility facilities are required to be placed underground by a date certain or encouraged to be undergrounded as part of a transportation improvement project or rezoning proceeding as set forth in objectives contained in a comprehensive plan, on grounds that an applicant has not given written notice to adjacent landowners at least 15 days before it applies to locate a new structure in the area.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 554	Virginia HB 554 (2020)	bill		enacted	Schuyler T. VanValkenburg	4	31	6	2020-01-06	2020-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/bd124f35-95f4-47af-914f-c17426460a42	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB554	f1aa8ed00980591cbda9a8683cd9ac5ad964a2f134b09c510d1e7ad13affbda0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 554 (2020) — Zoning; wireless communications infrastructure.

Zoning for wireless communications infrastructure. Authorizes a locality to disapprove an application submitted for an administrative review-eligible project or for any zoning approval required for a standard process project that proposes to locate a new structure, or to co-locate a wireless facility, in an area where all cable and public utility facilities are required to be placed underground by a date certain or encouraged to be undergrounded as part of a transportation improvement project or rezoning proceeding as set forth in objectives contained in a comprehensive plan, on grounds that an applicant has not given written notice to adjacent landowners at least 15 days before it applies to locate a new structure in the area.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB554ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB554H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DHCD (HB554) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Referred from Communications, Technology and Innovation — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102447D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation referral-committee
• 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (HB554)
• 2020-01-20 Referred from Communications, Technology and Innovation
• 2020-01-20 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-31 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-31 Committee substitute printed 20107159D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-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 20107159D-H1
• 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB554H1
• 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-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 (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-19 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-20 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) passage
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
• 2020-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 344 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd124f35-95f4-47af-914f-c17426460a42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).