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type: "Bill"
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title: "Grass; local ordinance on cutting."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 875"
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citation: "Virginia HB 875 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ronnie R. Campbell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-03-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d54cbb1f-a924-4004-8b29-4a0ac5f2cf6d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB875"
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source_hash: "2ed6786ab23b8dd2a97972fd10aba3f41c5ebc8de94862669ce76d307ba24fad"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 875 (2020) — Grass; local ordinance on cutting.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0136)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0136)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB875ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB875ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB875E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB875E)
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4. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB875)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB875)
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## Votes
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) — **28–11** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (29-Y 10-N) — **29–10** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ronnie R. Campbell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104054D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB875)
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- **2020-01-21** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-31** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-05** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended HB875E
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- **2020-02-05** Printed as engrossed 20104054D-E
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- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (29-Y 10-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
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- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
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- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 136 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d54cbb1f-a924-4004-8b29-4a0ac5f2cf6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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