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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonconforming use; a wall built on residential property shall be grandfathered as a valid use, etc."
description: "Nonconforming use; a wall built on residential property shall be grandfathered as a valid use, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2420"
citation: "Virginia HB 2420 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0133333e-352f-42f9-9740-c5a02650c0fb"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2420"
source_hash: "a2579880dfb40b06482e91362834e2e56a902ca4333464313eb7aaf705427437"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2420 (2019) — Nonconforming use; a wall built on residential property shall be grandfathered as a valid use, etc.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0707)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2420ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2420ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100765D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2420)
## Votes
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **210** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **60** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **351** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government — **130** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100765D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Enrolled
- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
- **2019-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 707 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0133333e-352f-42f9-9740-c5a02650c0fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).