republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-720.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Owners' Association Act; display of political signs."
description: "Property Owners' Association Act; display ofpolitical signs. Provides that, except as otherwise expressedin the declaration, no declaration or association's rules and regulations or architectural guidelines shall restrict or prohibit the displayby a lot owner on his lot of a sign advocating for or against a candidate,referendum, or political organization. The bill provides, however,that an association may restrict the display of such signs (i) inthe common areas or (ii) in accordance with federal or state law,and may establish reasonable restrictions as to the size, place,duration, and manner of placement or display of such signs, exceptthat no restriction on the duration of the display of such signs shall be less than (a) 30 days before the primary election, generalelection, or vote on the proposition or (b) seven days after the primary election, general election, or vote on the proposition. Thebill also requires the association disclosure packet to contain astatement of any restrictions on the size, place, duration, and mannerof placement or display of such signs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 720"
citation: "Virginia HB 720 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4390bfad-1d8f-4b64-b48a-5fcc7613a367"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB720"
source_hash: "097b0b509091f769b4eb42104bc83f389a141102fc55c98caa49bb99981fec96"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 720 (2020) — Property Owners' Association Act; display of political signs.

Property Owners' Association Act; display ofpolitical signs. Provides that, except as otherwise expressedin the declaration, no declaration or association's rules and regulations or architectural guidelines shall restrict or prohibit the displayby a lot owner on his lot of a sign advocating for or against a candidate,referendum, or political organization. The bill provides, however,that an association may restrict the display of such signs (i) inthe common areas or (ii) in accordance with federal or state law,and may establish reasonable restrictions as to the size, place,duration, and manner of placement or display of such signs, exceptthat no restriction on the duration of the display of such signs shall be less than (a) 30 days before the primary election, generalelection, or vote on the proposition or (b) seven days after the primary election, general election, or vote on the proposition. Thebill also requires the association disclosure packet to contain astatement of any restrictions on the size, place, duration, and mannerof placement or display of such signs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0441)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0441)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB720ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB720ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB720H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB720H1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB720)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB720)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N) — **80–18** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — **37–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David A. Reid — primary (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101074D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB720)
- **2020-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute printed 20107852D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20107852D-H1
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB720H1
- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB720H1)
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (81-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB720ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-06** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 441 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4390bfad-1d8f-4b64-b48a-5fcc7613a367`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).