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| Bill | Eminent domain; various changes to the laws pertaining to condemnation procedures. | Eminent domain. Makes various changes to the laws pertaining to condemnation procedures, including (i) providing that localities shall not condition or delay the timely advancement or approval of any application for or grant of any permit or other approval for real property for the purpose of allowing the condemnation or acquisition of the property; (ii) requiring a condemnor to provide the property owner with a copy of its title report and all recorded instruments found in the title examination; (iii) requiring the clerk of court, when funds are paid into the court during a condemnation proceeding, to deposit such funds into an interest-bearing account; (iv) requiring the court to order the condemnor to reimburse the property owner for the reasonable costs and fees for a survey (under current law, this amount is capped at $1,000); (v) requiring temporary construction easements to have an expiration date included in the recorded certificate and requiring condemnors to record a certificate of completion within 90 days upon completion of construction of any public use project for which a portion of private property was taken; (vi) requiring that a condemnor who has been sued for just compensation pursuant to a "quick-take" condemnation procedure to reimburse the property owner for his fees and costs incurred in filing the petition; (vii) permitting the owner of property that the Commissioner of Highways has taken to petition the circuit court for the appointment of commissioners or the empanelment of a jury to determine just compensation under certain circumstances and requiring the Commission of Highways to reimburse the owner for his fees and costs incurred in filing the petition; and (viii) requiring a condemnor who has taken property for purposes of a public use project to pay for the costs incurred by the property owner for a written appraisal report or experts engaged to (a) review the plans for the public use project to determine the limits of the taking of the property, (b) determine the impact of the public use project on any remaining property, or (c) determine the uses to which the property could be put in the before and after project scenarios. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 694 | Virginia SB 694 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 694 (2022) — Eminent domain; various changes to the laws pertaining to condemnation procedures.
Eminent domain. Makes various changes to the laws pertaining to condemnation procedures, including (i) providing that localities shall not condition or delay the timely advancement or approval of any application for or grant of any permit or other approval for real property for the purpose of allowing the condemnation or acquisition of the property; (ii) requiring a condemnor to provide the property owner with a copy of its title report and all recorded instruments found in the title examination; (iii) requiring the clerk of court, when funds are paid into the court during a condemnation proceeding, to deposit such funds into an interest-bearing account; (iv) requiring the court to order the condemnor to reimburse the property owner for the reasonable costs and fees for a survey (under current law, this amount is capped at $1,000); (v) requiring temporary construction easements to have an expiration date included in the recorded certificate and requiring condemnors to record a certificate of completion within 90 days upon completion of construction of any public use project for which a portion of private property was taken; (vi) requiring that a condemnor who has been sued for just compensation pursuant to a "quick-take" condemnation procedure to reimburse the property owner for his fees and costs incurred in filing the petition; (vii) permitting the owner of property that the Commissioner of Highways has taken to petition the circuit court for the appointment of commissioners or the empanelment of a jury to determine just compensation under certain circumstances and requiring the Commission of Highways to reimburse the owner for his fees and costs incurred in filing the petition; and (viii) requiring a condemnor who has taken property for purposes of a public use project to pay for the costs incurred by the property owner for a written appraisal report or experts engaged to (a) review the plans for the public use project to determine the limits of the taking of the property, (b) determine the impact of the public use project on any remaining property, or (c) determine the uses to which the property could be put in the before and after project scenarios.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0735 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22105602D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22106877D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Conference substitute printed 22107846D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
- SB694ER (committee substitute) — source
- SB694ER2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House substitute rejected by Senate (18-Y 20-N) — 18–20 (fail) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) — 51–46 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 9-N) — 11–9 (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N) — 32–8 (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N) — 4–3 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 41-N) — 56–41 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 34-N) — 62–34 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 22104443D
introduction - 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2022-01-27 Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
referral-committee - 2022-02-02 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-02 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-02 Committee substitute printed 22105602D-S1
substitution - 2022-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-07 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-07 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 22105602D-S1
- 2022-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB694S1
- 2022-02-08 Passed by for the day
- 2022-02-09 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-09 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-09 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-23 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-23 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-23 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2022-02-25 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2022-02-28 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N)
- 2022-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB694S1)
- 2022-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-02 Committee substitute printed 22106877D-H1
substitution - 2022-03-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-03-07 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-07 Committee substitute agreed to 22106877D-H1
- 2022-03-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB694H1
- 2022-03-07 Passed House with substitute (52-Y 46-N)
passage - 2022-03-07 VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)
- 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB694H1)
- 2022-03-08 House substitute rejected by Senate (18-Y 20-N)
- 2022-03-09 House insisted on substitute
- 2022-03-09 House requested conference committee
- 2022-03-10 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
- 2022-03-11 Amended by conference committee
- 2022-03-11 Conference substitute printed 22107846D-S2
- 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N)
- 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by House (63-Y 34-N)
- 2022-03-11 VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 34-N)
- 2022-03-21 Enrolled
- 2022-03-21 Signed by President
- 2022-03-22 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
- 2022-03-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB694ER)
- 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 2022-04-22 VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 41-N)
- 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 41-N)
- 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (SB694ER2)
- 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 735 (effective 7/1/22)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f838513f-9126-4485-a4ee-2f4186d90997. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).