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Bill Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, the sunset date for various local land use approvals that were valid and outstanding as of July 1, 2020. The bill also provides that its provisions shall not be construed to extend previous extensions related to the COVID-19 housing crisis. This bill is identical to HB 272. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 501 Virginia SB 501 (2022)
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Virginia SB 501 (2022) — Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local land use approvals; extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, the sunset date for various local land use approvals that were valid and outstanding as of July 1, 2020. The bill also provides that its provisions shall not be construed to extend previous extensions related to the COVID-19 housing crisis. This bill is identical to HB 272.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0179 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103949D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB501ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (90-Y 10-N) — 909 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and 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 (21-Y 1-N) — 211 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103949D introduction
  • 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2022-01-31 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-11 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB501)
  • 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2022-02-25 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-02 Passed House (90-Y 10-N) passage
  • 2022-03-02 VOTE: Passage (90-Y 10-N)
  • 2022-03-07 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-08 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
  • 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 179 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e83f219-fa86-4780-b602-29bf1c2c92e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).