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type: "Bill"
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title: "Zoning; enhanced civil penalties, certain residential violations."
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description: "Zoning; enhanced civil penalties; certain residential violations. Allows enhanced civil penalties for zoning violations involving property that is zoned or used for multifamily residential purposes. The bill also requires that for any violation involving property that is zoned or used for multifamily residential purposes, a person who admits liability shall be required to abate or remedy the violation within a period of time specified by the locality that is no less than 30 days but no more than 24 months from the date of admission of liability."
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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: "SB 1267"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1267 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52d7f34f-1bef-4671-a457-fb7c5eaee8e3"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1267"
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source_hash: "82f456493fa0fa4797f75e387e645f39fcdda7059b32503c1e132d4ed1a2e047"
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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 SB 1267 (2025) — Zoning; enhanced civil penalties, certain residential violations.
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Zoning; enhanced civil penalties; certain residential violations. Allows enhanced civil penalties for zoning violations involving property that is zoned or used for multifamily residential purposes. The bill also requires that for any violation involving property that is zoned or used for multifamily residential purposes, a person who admits liability shall be required to abate or remedy the violation within a period of time specified by the locality that is no less than 30 days but no more than 24 months from the date of admission of liability.
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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/1018618.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077592.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049744.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government (11-Y 2-N 1-A) — **11–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102125D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Reported from Local Government (11-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-21** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-21** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-23** Read third time and passed Senate quorum present `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-04** Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-07** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1267ER) `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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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 587 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0587)
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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/52d7f34f-1bef-4671-a457-fb7c5eaee8e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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