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| Bill | Overgrown vegetation; local authority. | Overgrown vegetation; local authority. Authorizesany locality within Planning District 23 or that has a populationof at least 75,000 to include provisions for cutting overgrown shrubs,trees, and other such vegetation in an ordinance requiring certainlandowners to cut the grass, weeds, and other foreign growth on certainproperty. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 340 | Virginia SB 340 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 340 (2020) — Overgrown vegetation; local authority.
Overgrown vegetation; local authority. Authorizesany locality within Planning District 23 or that has a populationof at least 75,000 to include provisions for cutting overgrown shrubs,trees, and other such vegetation in an ordinance requiring certainlandowners to cut the grass, weeds, and other foreign growth on certainproperty.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0399) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB340ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate as amended SB340E (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate as amended SB340E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) — 33–7 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with amendment (12-Y 1-N) — 12–1 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (72-Y 27-N) — 71–27 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102412D
introduction - 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2020-01-13 Reported from Local Government with amendment (12-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-15 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-15 Reading of amendment waived
- 2020-01-15 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-01-15 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB340E
- 2020-01-15 Printed as engrossed 20102412D-E
- 2020-01-16 Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (SB340)
- 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2020-02-13 Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
referral-committee - 2020-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 2020-02-21 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-25 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-26 Passed House (72-Y 27-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (72-Y 27-N)
- 2020-03-03 Enrolled
- 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-04 Signed by President
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-03-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 399 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8d394e1-536c-40d9-86ed-f359555dffca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).