republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-875.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Grass; local ordinance on cutting.	Local ordinance on grass cutting. Authorizes a locality located in Planning District 6 to enforce on residential land of one acre or less in an area zoned for agricultural use an ordinance requiring owners of property to cut the grass, weeds, and other foreign growth on such property. Current law prohibits such an ordinance from applying to land zoned for or in active farming operation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 875	Virginia HB 875 (2020)	bill		enacted	Ronnie R. Campbell	4	28	8	2020-01-07	2020-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/d54cbb1f-a924-4004-8b29-4a0ac5f2cf6d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB875	2ed6786ab23b8dd2a97972fd10aba3f41c5ebc8de94862669ce76d307ba24fad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 875 (2020) — Grass; local ordinance on cutting.

Local ordinance on grass cutting. Authorizes a locality located in Planning District 6 to enforce on residential land of one acre or less in an area zoned for agricultural use an ordinance requiring owners of property to cut the grass, weeds, and other foreign growth on such property. Current law prohibits such an ordinance from applying to land zoned for or in active farming operation.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0136) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB875ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB875E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DHCD (HB875) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Local Government (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) — 28–11 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (29-Y 10-N) — 29–10 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ronnie R. Campbell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104054D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (HB875)
• 2020-01-21 Assigned CC & T sub: Charters referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N)
• 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 HB875E
• 2020-02-05 Printed as engrossed 20104054D-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 (14-Y 1-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 (29-Y 10-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-19 Passed Senate (28-Y 11-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 136 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d54cbb1f-a924-4004-8b29-4a0ac5f2cf6d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).