republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-648.md

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Bill	Comprehensive plan; public hearing.	Comprehensive plan; substantial accord; parks. Clarifies provisions related to whether certain public facilities are substantially in accord with the adopted comprehensive plan by adding parks to the types of public uses that may, with certain types of land use applications, be excepted from the requirement for submittal to and approval by the planning commission or the governing body for the purpose of determining substantial accord.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 648	Virginia HB 648 (2022)	bill		enacted	Kaye Kory	4	29	6	2022-01-11	2022-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/862adcde-9b59-415c-a578-669b8cb4170b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB648	e2cf600957e003680cf4cb12822a80b70ee5c45d27d269a20fac4f2ef8a3bd37	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 648 (2022) — Comprehensive plan; public hearing.

Comprehensive plan; substantial accord; parks. Clarifies provisions related to whether certain public facilities are substantially in accord with the adopted comprehensive plan by adding parks to the types of public uses that may, with certain types of land use applications, be excepted from the requirement for submittal to and approval by the planning commission or the governing body for the purpose of determining substantial accord.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0181 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106527D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB648ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103147D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (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

Sponsors

• Kaye Kory — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103147D 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 (HB648)
• 2022-02-10 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N)
• 2022-02-11 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-11 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-11 Committee substitute printed 22106527D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-11 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22106527D-H1
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB648H1
• 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
• 2022-02-28 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-02 Passed by temporarily
• 2022-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-08 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/862adcde-9b59-415c-a578-669b8cb4170b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).