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| Bill | Vacant buildings; registration. | Vacant buildings; registration. Permits any county, city, or town to require, by ordinance, the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and (i) that meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law, (ii) that meets the definition of "criminal blight" in relevant law, or (iii) in which a locality has determined a person is living without the authority of the owner to register such building annually. Under current law, any city and certain towns are permitted to require the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law to register such building annually. This bill is identical to SB 48 and is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 1486 | Virginia HB 1486 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 1486 (2024) — Vacant buildings; registration.
Vacant buildings; registration. Permits any county, city, or town to require, by ordinance, the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and (i) that meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law, (ii) that meets the definition of "criminal blight" in relevant law, or (iii) in which a locality has determined a person is living without the authority of the owner to register such building annually. Under current law, any city and certain towns are permitted to require the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law to register such building annually. This bill is identical to SB 48 and is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0613 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1486ER (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 24105791D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Local Government (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) — 28–12 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 7-N) — 13–7 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N) — 60–39 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Joshua E. Thomas — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105791D
introduction - 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2024-01-23 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2024-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 2024-01-26 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2024-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-01-31 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2024-02-01 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 39-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-01 VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N)
passage - 2024-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-02 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2024-02-19 Reported from Local Government (10-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-21 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-02-21 Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
passage - 2024-02-27 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1486ER)
passage - 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-01 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 613 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0613)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8527530-479c-4848-bfa5-886a02d47b8c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).