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| Bill | Vacant and blighted or derelict property; locality allowed to sell. | Sale of certain vacant and blighted or derelict property. Allows a locality where certain vacant and blighted or derelict property is located to petition the circuit court to appoint a special commissioner to execute the necessary deed or deeds to convey the real estate, in lieu of a sale at public auction, to the locality, to the locality's land bank entity, or to an existing nonprofit entity designated by the locality to carry out the functions of a land bank. The bill provides that the locality shall require any purchaser by covenants in the deed or other security instrument to (i) begin repair or renovation of the property within six months of purchase and (ii) complete all repairs or renovations necessary to bring the property into compliance with the local building code within a period not to exceed two years of the purchase. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 1476 | Virginia SB 1476 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 1476 (2025) — Vacant and blighted or derelict property; locality allowed to sell.
Sale of certain vacant and blighted or derelict property. Allows a locality where certain vacant and blighted or derelict property is located to petition the circuit court to appoint a special commissioner to execute the necessary deed or deeds to convey the real estate, in lieu of a sale at public auction, to the locality, to the locality's land bank entity, or to an existing nonprofit entity designated by the locality to carry out the functions of a land bank. The bill provides that the locality shall require any purchaser by covenants in the deed or other security instrument to (i) begin repair or renovation of the property within six months of purchase and (ii) complete all repairs or renovations necessary to bring the property into compliance with the local building code within a period not to exceed two years of the purchase.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Counties, Cities and Towns Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- House Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Local Government Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- House Amendment agreed to by Senate (30-Y 5-N) — 30–5 (pass) · upper
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) — 32–8 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with amendments and rereferred to Local Government (11-Y 3-N) — 11–3 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 25104403D
introduction - 2025-01-17 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2025-01-27 Reported from Local Government with amendments (11-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-28 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-28 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-29 Reading of amendment waived
- 2025-01-29 Local Government Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-01-29 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2025-01-29 Printed as engrossed 25104403D-E
- 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2025-02-05 Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2025-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-07 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-12 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-12 Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2025-02-12 Passed House with amendments (97-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-14 House Amendment agreed to by Senate (30-Y 5-N)
amendment-passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-18 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1476ER)
passage - 2025-02-18 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-20 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 449 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0449)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd130d75-b384-4802-bc6d-dce499fc16db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).