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type: "Bill"
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title: "Comprehensive plan; certain localities to promote transit-oriented development."
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description: "Comprehensive plan; transit-oriented development. Requires that each city with a population greater than 20,000 and each county with a population greater than 100,000 consider incorporating into the next scheduled and all subsequent reviews of its comprehensive plan strategies to promote transit-oriented development for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through coordinated transportation, housing, and land use planning."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 585"
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citation: "Virginia HB 585 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth R. Guzman"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-06"
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last_action: "2020-02-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24334d9c-f430-4f6b-9044-7489f942bdf6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB585"
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source_hash: "5f7be750d117bf037f485b2bc090ffc18ea4f0c93d768b8d96cd08123f80d9e7"
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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 585 (2020) — Comprehensive plan; certain localities to promote transit-oriented development.
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Comprehensive plan; transit-oriented development. Requires that each city with a population greater than 20,000 and each county with a population greater than 100,000 consider incorporating into the next scheduled and all subsequent reviews of its comprehensive plan strategies to promote transit-oriented development for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through coordinated transportation, housing, and land use planning.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0014)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB585ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB585ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB585E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB585E)
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4. **Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB585)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB585)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N) — **51–45** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — **54–45** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government with amendment (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104350D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB585)
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-24** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-29** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-01-29** Engrossed by House as amended HB585E
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- **2020-01-29** Printed as engrossed 20104350D-E
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- **2020-01-30** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-30** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
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- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-31** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-10** Reported from Local Government with amendment (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-12** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-12** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2020-02-12** Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-14** Senate amendment agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N)
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- **2020-02-14** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N)
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- **2020-02-17** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-17** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2020
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- **2020-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 25, 2020
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- **2020-02-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 14 (effective 7/1/20) `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/24334d9c-f430-4f6b-9044-7489f942bdf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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