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type: "Bill"
title: "Localities; public meeting during state project planning phase."
description: "Localities; public meeting; state project planningphase. Allows a locality the option to request a public meetingin the locality during the planning phase of a public facilities stateproject from the state agency or institution of higher education responsible for such project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Virginia HB 437 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c09b3f2-002c-4ef7-b1bf-f9dce90b7f9d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB437"
source_hash: "b3d2a20fe64e7083837e2cb91f48ac80bc00d06ddfe64769ba266fd2c284516e"
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 HB 437 (2022) — Localities; public meeting during state project planning phase.
Localities; public meeting; state project planningphase. Allows a locality the option to request a public meetingin the locality during the planning phase of a public facilities stateproject from the state agency or institution of higher education responsible for such project.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0480** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0480)
2. **HB437ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB437ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101502D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB437)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **90** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101502D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-28** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB437)
- **2022-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** Read third time and passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2022-02-03** Passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-03** VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-04** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
- **2022-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB437ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 480 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c09b3f2-002c-4ef7-b1bf-f9dce90b7f9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).