republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-755.md

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Bill	Industrial and commercial areas; civil penalties for certain local property violations.	Civil penalties for certain local property violations; industrial and commercial areas. Allows localities by ordinanceto charge enhanced civil penalties for certain local property violationson property that is zoned or utilized for industrial or commercial purposes.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 755	Virginia HB 755 (2024)	bill		enacted	Wendell S. Walker	3	23	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/74348223-1d70-4ab2-8294-7ddcf8398a54	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB755	fe7aeeeac67b41e8d30da9041f94a78829faf87d29a97cdbbd316edc24f61b9d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 755 (2024) — Industrial and commercial areas; civil penalties for certain local property violations.

Civil penalties for certain local property violations; industrial and commercial areas. Allows localities by ordinanceto charge enhanced civil penalties for certain local property violationson property that is zoned or utilized for industrial or commercial purposes.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0731 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB755ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102129D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 3-N) — 17–3 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N) — 32–7 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (83-Y 17-N) — 82–17 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (11-Y 2-N) — 11–2 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wendell S. Walker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102129D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 3-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 (83-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-01 VOTE: Passage (83-Y 17-N) passage
• 2024-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-02 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-03-04 Reported from Local Government (11-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-06 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-06 Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB755ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 731 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0731)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74348223-1d70-4ab2-8294-7ddcf8398a54. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).