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type: "Bill"
title: "Comprehensive plan; adoption or disapproval by governing body."
description: "Comprehensive plan. Extends the time by which a governing body is required to approve or disapprove a locality-initiated comprehensive plan amendment for more than 25 parcels from 90 to 150 days. This bill is identical to SB 746."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 726"
citation: "Virginia HB 726 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad2b5048-ec87-4700-ada7-0507f10d573c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB726"
source_hash: "732ff970e6501c582cfddc3e8ca8fd6013f565fa79903c359bb3cf42971b9ef2"
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 726 (2020) — Comprehensive plan; adoption or disapproval by governing body.
Comprehensive plan. Extends the time by which a governing body is required to approve or disapprove a locality-initiated comprehensive plan amendment for more than 25 parcels from 90 to 150 days. This bill is identical to SB 746.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0132)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0132)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB726ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB726ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB726E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB726E)
4. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB726)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB726)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **381** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 2-N) — **132** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David A. Reid — primary (person)
- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104803D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB726)
- **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** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments (21-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 amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended HB726E
- **2020-02-05** Printed as engrossed 20104803D-E
- **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 (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 132 (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/ad2b5048-ec87-4700-ada7-0507f10d573c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).