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type: "Bill"
title: "Relocated billboard signs; maintenance and repair."
description: "Maintenance and repair of relocated billboardsigns. Provides that existing provisions related to the maintenanceand repair of nonconforming billboard signs do not apply to relocatedbillboard signs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 968"
citation: "Virginia SB 968 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6272df49-ac44-4821-a323-49e15604e806"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB968"
source_hash: "98b9e8226d92eb4d7b8a3873e06a915cc531b421e5f2aebaf7f3e74821e73a41"
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 968 (2020) — Relocated billboard signs; maintenance and repair.
Maintenance and repair of relocated billboardsigns. Provides that existing provisions related to the maintenanceand repair of nonconforming billboard signs do not apply to relocatedbillboard signs.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0983)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0983)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB968ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB968ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB968E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB968E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB968)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB968)
## Votes
- Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (17-Y 4-N) — **174** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — **373** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **360** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N) — **7424** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 20104219D `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB968)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB968E
- **2020-02-11** Printed as engrossed 20104219D-E
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Transportation (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed House (75-Y 24-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N)
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB968ER)
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 983 (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/6272df49-ac44-4821-a323-49e15604e806`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).