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type: "Bill"
title: "Flood plain; adoption of ordinances."
description: "Adoption of flood plain ordinances. Providesthat any locality may by ordinance regulate the activity on, useof, or development of a flood plain in a manner consistent with anystate or federal flood plain management programs and requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 998"
citation: "Virginia HB 998 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deda21ef-a632-4383-8c89-6962375727fb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB998"
source_hash: "04900f6cfbd68debcc442cdef01d829bc9da338cc9bd88d0074405a4c536c36b"
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 998 (2020) — Flood plain; adoption of ordinances.
Adoption of flood plain ordinances. Providesthat any locality may by ordinance regulate the activity on, useof, or development of a flood plain in a manner consistent with anystate or federal flood plain management programs and requirements.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0166)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0166)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB998ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB998ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB998)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB998)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (12-Y 0-N) — **120** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102927D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB998)
- **2020-01-21** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **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 (12-Y 0-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 (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-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 166 (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/deda21ef-a632-4383-8c89-6962375727fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).