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| Bill | Subdivision ordinance; plan review by designated agent, definition of "designated agent." | Subdivision ordinance; plan review by designated agent. Removes planning commission and governing body approval authority for the administrative review process for plats and plans and assigns such authority solely to a designated agent, defined in the bill. However, the bill provides that the local planning commission may serve as the designated agent of any locality with a population of 5,000 or less. The bill also expedites the review process by shortening the timeframe for forwarding plats and plans to state agencies for review. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 974 | Virginia SB 974 (2025) |
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7 | 33 | 7 | 2025-01-07 | 2025-03-24 | openstates | ocd-bill/fa0250d6-22a6-4b3b-bf9d-10c12ad41a0c | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB974 | 8e06540e7b3e42266054ecf428d766de837ac034e8eb9964b0aa865c76ae9cb4 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia SB 974 (2025) — Subdivision ordinance; plan review by designated agent, definition of "designated agent."
Subdivision ordinance; plan review by designated agent. Removes planning commission and governing body approval authority for the administrative review process for plats and plans and assigns such authority solely to a designated agent, defined in the bill. However, the bill provides that the local planning commission may serve as the designated agent of any locality with a population of 5,000 or less. The bill also expedites the review process by shortening the timeframe for forwarding plats and plans to state agencies for review.
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
- House Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Local Government Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passed House with amendments (89-Y 8-N) — 89–8 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) — 35–5 (pass) · upper
- House Amendments agreed to by Senate (30-Y 5-N) — 30–5 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (17-Y 4-N) — 17–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104271D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2025-01-27 Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-27 Committee substitute printed 25106055D-S1
substitution - 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 substitute waived
- 2025-01-29 Local Government Substitute agreed to
- 2025-01-29 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-04 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2025-02-04 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) (17-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-12 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-12 Passed by temporarily
- 2025-02-12 Counties, Cities and Towns Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2025-02-12 Passed House with amendments (89-Y 8-N)
passage - 2025-02-14 House Amendments 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 (SB974ER)
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 594 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0594)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa0250d6-22a6-4b3b-bf9d-10c12ad41a0c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).