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type: "Bill"
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title: "Historic structures; civil penalty for demolition."
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description: "Civil penalty for demolition of historic structures. Authorizes any locality to adopt an ordinance establishing a civil penalty for the razing, demolition, or moving of a building or structure that is located in a historic district or that has been designated by a governing body as a historic structure or landmark in violation of an ordinance that no such building or structure shall be razed, demolished, or moved without the approval of a review board. The bill provides that such civil penalty shall not exceed the market value of the property as determined by the assessed value of the property at the time of razing, demolition, or moving of the building or structure."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1415"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1415 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-01-17"
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last_action: "2024-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4110e716-e7a9-49ac-8dcb-ec9f3f9f7a7f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1415"
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source_hash: "45fad4842d7a8e5f32e6f0256a9ffa7c9dd15ec9f15b5a5dedc657978759946d"
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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 1415 (2024) — Historic structures; civil penalty for demolition.
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Civil penalty for demolition of historic structures. Authorizes any locality to adopt an ordinance establishing a civil penalty for the razing, demolition, or moving of a building or structure that is located in a historic district or that has been designated by a governing body as a historic structure or landmark in violation of an ordinance that no such building or structure shall be razed, demolished, or moved without the approval of a review board. The bill provides that such civil penalty shall not exceed the market value of the property as determined by the assessed value of the property at the time of razing, demolition, or moving of the building or structure.
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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. **CHAP0835** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0835)
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2. **HB1415ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1415ER)
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3. **HB1415ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1415ER2)
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4. **Presented and ordered printed 24105076D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1415)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) — **24–15** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 38-N) — **61–38** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government (10-Y 3-N 2-A) — **10–3** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 24105076D `introduction`
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- **2024-01-17** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
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- **2024-02-02** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Reported from Local Government (10-Y 3-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1415ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-05** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (62-Y 38-N)
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- **2024-04-17** VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 38-N)
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- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (HB1415ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 835 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
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- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0835)
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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/4110e716-e7a9-49ac-8dcb-ec9f3f9f7a7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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