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| Bill | Zoning appeals, board of; funding. | Board of zoning appeals; funding. Provides that upon request of the board of zoning appeals (BZA), a governing body shall consider appropriation of funds so that the BZA may employ or contract for secretaries, clerks, legal counsel, consultants, and other technical and clerical services. The bill also provides that if a BZA has needs that surpass the budgeted amount, the governing body shall review the BZA's request. Existing law allows such BZA expenditures "within the limits of funds appropriated by the governing body." | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 616 | Virginia HB 616 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 616 (2022) — Zoning appeals, board of; funding.
Board of zoning appeals; funding. Provides that upon request of the board of zoning appeals (BZA), a governing body shall consider appropriation of funds so that the BZA may employ or contract for secretaries, clerks, legal counsel, consultants, and other technical and clerical services. The bill also provides that if a BZA has needs that surpass the budgeted amount, the governing body shall review the BZA's request. Existing law allows such BZA expenditures "within the limits of funds appropriated by the governing body."
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0249 (committee substitute) — source
- HB616ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101257D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 22101257D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N) — 8–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Danica A. Roem — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101257D
introduction - 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2022-01-24 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2022-01-28 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB616)
- 2022-02-10 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N)
- 2022-02-11 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-14 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House as amended HB616E
- 2022-02-14 Printed as engrossed 22101257D-E
- 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-16 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
- 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 249 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ba91e31-f24a-469b-b8db-9b41b131923a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).