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type: "Bill"
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title: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; administration and enforcement, agreements for assistance."
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description: "Provides that the local governing body of a county or municipality may enter into an agreement with the governing body of another county or municipality for the provision to such county or municipality's local building department of technical assistance with administration and enforcement of the Building Code."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 859"
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citation: "Virginia HB 859 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Housing"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher K. Peace"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-03-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/041931c3-5f72-4ad6-95b6-1a2e88824242"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB859"
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source_hash: "ef086c1aac9bb89c85643d72e4577c825d6c10892ffb3e8542a309e194ccf8a9"
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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 HB 859 (2018) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; administration and enforcement, agreements for assistance.
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Provides that the local governing body of a county or municipality may enter into an agreement with the governing body of another county or municipality for the provision to such county or municipality's local building department of technical assistance with administration and enforcement of the Building Code.
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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. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB859ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB859ER)
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2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104067D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB859)
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3. **House: Printed as engrossed 18104067D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB859E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104067D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-19** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-02** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2018-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended HB859E
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- **2018-02-02** Printed as engrossed 18104067D-E
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- **2018-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
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- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
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- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 222 (effective 7/1/18) `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/041931c3-5f72-4ad6-95b6-1a2e88824242`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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