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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vested property rights; nonconforming uses."
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description: "Provides that if a structure is one that requires no permit, and an authorized local government official informs the property owner that the structure will comply with the zoning ordinance, and the improvement was thereafter constructed, a zoning ordinance may provide that the structure is nonconforming but shall not provide that such structure is illegal and subject to removal solely due to such nonconformity. The bill provides that in any proceeding when the authorized local government official is deceased or is otherwise unavailable to testify, uncorroborated testimony of the oral statement of such official shall not be sufficient evidence to prove that the authorized local government official made such statement. The provisions of the bill are declared to not be deemed retroactive."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1173"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1173 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a840cf6-e62d-4ef6-999c-adcdf98f8e34"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1173"
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source_hash: "ee1ebfa27b33bb7db44e78842fa91681608d87371dac4c52e05be7a27c2c98ba"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1173 (2017) — Vested property rights; nonconforming uses.
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Provides that if a structure is one that requires no permit, and an authorized local government official informs the property owner that the structure will comply with the zoning ordinance, and the improvement was thereafter constructed, a zoning ordinance may provide that the structure is nonconforming but shall not provide that such structure is illegal and subject to removal solely due to such nonconformity. The bill provides that in any proceeding when the authorized local government official is deceased or is otherwise unavailable to testify, uncorroborated testimony of the oral statement of such official shall not be sufficient evidence to prove that the authorized local government official made such statement. The provisions of the bill are declared to not be deemed retroactive.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0404)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1173ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1173ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103645D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1173)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Local Government — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103645D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-31** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-03** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2017-02-14** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 404 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a840cf6-e62d-4ef6-999c-adcdf98f8e34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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