republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-296.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Local planning commission; action on proposed plats, site plans, and development plans.	Local planning commission; action on proposedplats, site plans, and development plans; residential use. Requireslocal planning commissions to use the same approval process for residential development projects as is currently required for commercialdevelopment projects.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 296	Virginia SB 296 (2024)	bill		enacted	Schuyler T. VanValkenburg	3	27	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/d65a1281-bb98-4fd6-8e59-759c99594379	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB296	56ba7c626d639c0b910f57ab568bd4e148e13666dc58778a835e4f644c8f0738	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 296 (2024) — Local planning commission; action on proposed plats, site plans, and development plans.

Local planning commission; action on proposedplats, site plans, and development plans; residential use. Requireslocal planning commissions to use the same approval process for residential development projects as is currently required for commercialdevelopment projects.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0346 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103598D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB296ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Local Government (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (93-Y 2-N) — 92–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103598D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB296)
• 2024-01-22 Reported from Local Government (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-25 Passed by for the day
• 2024-01-26 Passed by for the day
• 2024-01-29 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed House (93-Y 2-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 VOTE: Passage (93-Y 2-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB296ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 346 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d65a1281-bb98-4fd6-8e59-759c99594379. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).