republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-504.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	Vested rights; rulings or orders of the local circuit court, residential project.	Vested rights; rulings or orders of the local circuit court. Provides that a landowner's vested rights in a specific residential project shall not be affected by a subsequent ruling or order of the local circuit court applicable to a zoning ordinance amendment when such ruling or order affects at least 25 individual parcels within a locality unless the significant affirmative governmental act approving such residential project is the direct subject of the ruling or order.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 504	Virginia SB 504 (2026)	bill		enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	5	32	7	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/521a69c5-673f-4409-86ff-c088c6d38e1c	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB504	d016b9a51162a72e9c1729e6da4e13437436a9172e43659d1a71b08d93f1ffe1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 504 (2026) — Vested rights; rulings or orders of the local circuit court, residential project.

Vested rights; rulings or orders of the local circuit court. Provides that a landowner's vested rights in a specific residential project shall not be affected by a subsequent ruling or order of the local circuit court applicable to a zoning ordinance amendment when such ruling or order affects at least 25 individual parcels within a locality unless the significant affirmative governmental act approving such residential project is the direct subject of the ruling or order.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Local Government Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 63–36 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 21–17 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from Local Government — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 10–2 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 13–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100437D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Senate committee offered
• 2026-01-26 Rereferred from Local Government to Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 1-A) referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB504)
• 2026-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (10-Y 2-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2026-02-16 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-16 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-17 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-17 Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-17 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB504)
• 2026-02-24 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-24 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2026-03-06 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Passed House (63-Y 36-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB504ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB504)
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 948 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/521a69c5-673f-4409-86ff-c088c6d38e1c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).