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type: "Bill"
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title: "Planning and zoning; second public hearing notice."
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description: "Planning and zoning; public notice. Requires the second public hearing notice that a planning commission publishes for certain planning and zoning actions to be published no less than five days before the date of the meeting. Current law requires such notice to be published no less than seven days before the date of the meeting."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1996"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1996 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9202bc09-e24d-47f0-85d2-613a3aead878"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1996"
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source_hash: "e65752b98d7639dc8dca8e5dae39ea37f609b4c2eb2d3d165df6c7551c1b1f13"
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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 1996 (2025) — Planning and zoning; second public hearing notice.
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Planning and zoning; public notice. Requires the second public hearing notice that a planning commission publishes for certain planning and zoning actions to be published no less than five days before the date of the meeting. Current law requires such notice to be published no less than seven days before the date of the meeting.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014551.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071078.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050201.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101862D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-24** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-30** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-31** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1996ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 52 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052)
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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/9202bc09-e24d-47f0-85d2-613a3aead878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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