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type: "Bill"
title: "Zoning; development approvals."
description: "Zoning; development approvals. Providesfor the transition of certain existing development approvals whena subject property shifts from one jurisdiction to another due toannexation, boundary adjustment, or other cause. The bill containsa grandfather clause for certain existing provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 647"
citation: "Virginia SB 647 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cced0e91-2c67-4f8f-af9e-9daabaae49b7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB647"
source_hash: "0d395c956142b83bb87d1df34578c55200e07b80a20c75f1e7bcbb2e9687c570"
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 SB 647 (2020) — Zoning; development approvals.
Zoning; development approvals. Providesfor the transition of certain existing development approvals whena subject property shifts from one jurisdiction to another due toannexation, boundary adjustment, or other cause. The bill containsa grandfather clause for certain existing provisions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0894)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0894)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB647ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB647ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD (SB647)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB647)
## Votes
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103043D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-15** Passed by for the day
- **2020-01-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-17** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (SB647)
- **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 (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-02-26** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-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
- **2020-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 894 (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/cced0e91-2c67-4f8f-af9e-9daabaae49b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).