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HB796

Zoning; modification, etc., to property for persons with disabilities, board of zoning appeals.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Patrick Hope (D)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed Both Chambers. Zoning; disabilities.

Requires a locality to give consideration to the need for reasonable modifications in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act or state and federal fair housing laws when preparing a zoning ordinance. The bill also alters the standard by which a variance shall be granted by requiring approval if such approval (i) will alleviate a hardship by granting a reasonable modification to a property as requested by a person with a disability and (ii) meets several other conditions as required by existing law. Any variance granted to provide a reasonable modification to a property requested by a person with a disability may expire when the person benefited by it is no longer in need of the modification to such property provided by the variance. If a request for a reasonable modification is made to a locality and is appropriate under the provisions of state and federal fair housing laws, or the Americans with Disabilities Act, as applicable, such request shall be granted by the locality unless a variance from the board of zoning appeals is required in order for such request to be granted. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/09/2018 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104544D
  • 01/09/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
  • 01/11/2018 - House: Impact statement from DHCD (HB796)
  • 01/17/2018 - House: Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
  • 01/25/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 1-N)
  • 01/26/2018 - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
  • 01/30/2018 - House: Read first time
  • 01/31/2018 - House: Read second time
  • 01/31/2018 - House: Committee amendment agreed to
  • 01/31/2018 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB796E
  • 01/31/2018 - House: Printed as engrossed 18104544D-E
  • 02/01/2018 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
  • 02/01/2018 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
  • 02/01/2018 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 02/01/2018 - House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
  • 02/01/2018 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE 2 (98-Y 0-N)
  • 02/02/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/02/2018 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
  • 02/27/2018 - Senate: Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 1-N)
  • 02/27/2018 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107745D-S1
  • 03/01/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 03/02/2018 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 03/05/2018 - Senate: Read third time
  • 03/05/2018 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 03/05/2018 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18107745D-S1
  • 03/05/2018 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB796S1
  • 03/05/2018 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
  • 03/06/2018 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 03/06/2018 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House 18107745D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
  • 03/06/2018 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
  • 03/07/2018 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
  • 03/07/2018 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
  • 03/08/2018 - House: House acceded to request
  • 03/08/2018 - House: Conferees appointed by House
  • 03/08/2018 - House: Delegates: Hope, Webert, Pillion
  • 03/08/2018 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 03/08/2018 - Senate: Senators: DeSteph, Chase, Favola
  • 03/09/2018 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
  • 03/09/2018 - House: Conference substitute printed 18108098D-H1
  • 03/09/2018 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
  • 03/09/2018 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
  • 03/09/2018 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 03/20/2018 - House: Enrolled
  • 03/20/2018 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB796ER)
  • 03/20/2018 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/22/2018 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/26/2018 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 26, 2018
  • 03/26/2018 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
  • 04/04/2018 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 757 (effective 7/1/18)
  • 04/04/2018 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0757)

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