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type: "Bill"
title: "Zoning appeals, board of; writ of certiorari."
description: "Board of zoning appeals; writ of certiorari.Provides that once the circuit court issues an allowance of a writof certiorari in response to a petition from a party aggrieved bya board of zoning appeals decision, the board of zoning appeals shallhave 21 days to respond."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 505"
citation: "Virginia HB 505 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-04"
last_action: "2020-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efb381e2-eaa8-44aa-88d7-9c17dd181dab"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB505"
source_hash: "b24bad20fbfb508882b44014c6dea8538f25ce0a46a03f938668632a2eeab11c"
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 505 (2020) — Zoning appeals, board of; writ of certiorari.
Board of zoning appeals; writ of certiorari.Provides that once the circuit court issues an allowance of a writof certiorari in response to a petition from a party aggrieved bya board of zoning appeals decision, the board of zoning appeals shallhave 21 days to respond.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0086)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB505ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB505ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB505E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB505E)
4. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB505)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB505)
## Votes
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-N) — **131** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102600D `introduction`
- **2020-01-04** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB505)
- **2020-01-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-24** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-01-29** Engrossed by House as amended HB505E
- **2020-01-29** Printed as engrossed 20102600D-E
- **2020-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-30** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-12** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-14** Amendment by Senator Stuart agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-14** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-18** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 86 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efb381e2-eaa8-44aa-88d7-9c17dd181dab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).