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| Bill | Transportation purposes; entry onto land for inspection. | Entry onto land for inspection. Requires that for any project wherein the power of eminent domain may be exercised, any locality or the Commissioner of Highways to provide a landowner with a request to enter and inspect property at least 30 days in advance. The request must be on official letterhead, and shall notify the landowner that even if permission is withheld, the locality or the Commissioner of Highways will be permitted to enter the property on the proposed date. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1260 | Virginia SB 1260 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1260 (2021) — Transportation purposes; entry onto land for inspection.
Entry onto land for inspection. Requires that for any project wherein the power of eminent domain may be exercised, any locality or the Commissioner of Highways to provide a landowner with a request to enter and inspect property at least 30 days in advance. The request must be on official letterhead, and shall notify the landowner that even if permission is withheld, the locality or the Commissioner of Highways will be permitted to enter the property on the proposed date.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0060 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103931D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101431D (committee substitute) — source
- SB1260ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- John J. Bell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101431D
introduction - 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB1260)
- 2021-01-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-28 Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-28 Committee substitute printed 21103931D-S1
substitution - 2021-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB1260S1)
- 2021-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
- 2021-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 21103931D-S1
- 2021-02-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1260S1
- 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-02 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation
- 2021-02-09 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems
referral-committee - 2021-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-16 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-18 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-19 Amendments by Delegate McQuinn agreed to
amendment-passage - 2021-02-19 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2021-02-19 Passed House with amendments (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-19 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-23 House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled
- 2021-02-25 Signed by President
- 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB1260ER)
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 60 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69c4e41d-c409-4b1b-b701-053a35a58212. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).