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| Bill | Comprehensive plan; certain localities to promote transit-oriented development. | Comprehensive plan; transit-oriented development. Requires that each city with a population greater than 20,000 and each county with a population greater than 100,000 consider incorporating into the next scheduled and all subsequent reviews of its comprehensive plan strategies to promote transit-oriented development for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through coordinated transportation, housing, and land use planning. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 585 | Virginia HB 585 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 585 (2020) — Comprehensive plan; certain localities to promote transit-oriented development.
Comprehensive plan; transit-oriented development. Requires that each city with a population greater than 20,000 and each county with a population greater than 100,000 consider incorporating into the next scheduled and all subsequent reviews of its comprehensive plan strategies to promote transit-oriented development for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through coordinated transportation, housing, and land use planning.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB585ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB585E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB585) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N) — 51–45 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with amendment (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104350D
introduction - 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB585)
- 2020-01-17 Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
referral-committee - 2020-01-23 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-24 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-24 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-28 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-29 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-01-29 Engrossed by House as amended HB585E
- 2020-01-29 Printed as engrossed 20104350D-E
- 2020-01-30 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-30 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-01-31 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2020-02-10 Reported from Local Government with amendment (10-Y 5-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 (23-Y 17-N)
passage - 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-14 Senate amendment agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N)
- 2020-02-14 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-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 February 18, 2020
- 2020-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 25, 2020
- 2020-02-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 14 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24334d9c-f430-4f6b-9044-7489f942bdf6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).