HB2161
Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain intended actions.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain intended actions and hearings; report.
Standardizes the frequency and length of time that notices of certain meetings, hearings, and other intended actions of localities must be published in newspapers and other print media. The notice provisions included in the bill are organized into the following three groups: (i) publication required one week before the meeting, ... (More) hearing, or intended action; (ii) publication required two consecutive weeks before the meeting, hearing, or intended action; and (iii) publication required three consecutive weeks before the meeting, hearing, or intended action. In addition, the bill amends provisions related to the content of notices for zoning ordinances and amendments to such ordinances by removing the requirement that such notices contain a descriptive summary of the proposed action and providing that such notices shall include the street address or tax map parcel number of the parcels subject to the action. In cases where the intended action affects more than 25 parcels, the notice must also include the approximate acreage subject to the intended action. For more than 100 parcels of land, the advertisement may instead include a description of the boundaries of the area subject to the changes and a link to a map of the subject area. The bill also removes the requirement that notices of proposed amendments to a zoning map state the general usage and density range of the proposed amendment and the general usage density set forth in the applicable part of the comprehensive plan. The bill directs the Virginia Code Commission to convene a work group to continue review of the notice requirements throughout the Code of Virginia and requires the Virginia Code Commission to submit a report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology summarizing the work and any recommendations of the work group by November 1, 2023. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/11/2023 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101898D
- 01/11/2023 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/23/2023 - House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
- 01/23/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2161)
- 01/24/2023 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/24/2023 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2023 - House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2023 - House: Read first time
- 01/31/2023 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/01/2023 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2023 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/13/2023 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/20/2023 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/20/2023 - Senate: Reported from Local Government with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 02/20/2023 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 23107241D-S1
- 02/20/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2161S1)
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/2023 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/2023 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/22/2023 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/22/2023 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23107241D-S1
- 02/22/2023 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Amendment by Senator Dunnavant agreed to
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2023 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB2161S1
- 02/23/2023 - House: Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 23107241D-S1 (94-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2023 - House: VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2023 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2023 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2161ER)
- 03/07/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2161ER)
- 03/08/2023 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/2023 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/2023 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/2023 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/24/2023 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/24/2023 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507)
