republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-951.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	Eminent domain; written offer to purchase property.	Eminent domain; written offer to purchase property. Requires a condemnor's written offer to purchase property prior toinstituting a condemnation proceeding, and its written statementof the amount established as just compensation, to be on such condemnor's letterhead and signed by an authorized employee of such condemnor.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 951	Virginia SB 951 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	3	25	6	2020-01-13	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/db2eea32-6cf3-42cf-8d05-4b6ab8aafc10	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB951	77eba866a0363d24c6ca5c99192a829bc2c13f57a72e7a121cc15d17309e4eaf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 951 (2020) — Eminent domain; written offer to purchase property.

Eminent domain; written offer to purchase property. Requires a condemnor's written offer to purchase property prior toinstituting a condemnation proceeding, and its written statementof the amount established as just compensation, to be on such condemnor's letterhead and signed by an authorized employee of such condemnor.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0793) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB951ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB951) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 20104868D introduction
• 2020-01-13 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB951)
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-27 Enrolled
• 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB951ER)
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-10 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
• 2020-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 793 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db2eea32-6cf3-42cf-8d05-4b6ab8aafc10. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).