Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 839 — Zoning; permitted provisions in ordinance, worker protection.

Last action — Letter sent to the Virginia Housing Commission

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Permitted provisions in the zoning ordinance;worker protection. Authorizes a locality to include in its zoningordinance certain conditions as part of the grant of a special exceptionthat permits development at a floor area ratio (FAR) greater than1.0 or 25 units per acre, or requires the construction of or improvementsto public facilities, public roads, or other publicly owned or managedareas. Such conditions may require a developer, directly or throughits contractors, to enter into binding contractual commitments thatprovide certain protections for the skilled and unskilled workershired to build the development project.

Bill Text

  • Impact statement from DHCD (SB839) View text Current html January 08, 2020

Action History

  1. Letter sent to the Virginia Housing Commission

  2. Passed by indefinitely in Local Government with letter (12-Y 3-N)

  3. Impact statement from DHCD (SB839)

  4. Referred to Committee on Local Government

  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103585D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passed by indefinitely in Local Government with letter (12-Y 3-N)

Passed 12 Yea · 3 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12300
Total 12300
% of votes cast 80%20%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Spruill, Lionell, Sr. — Yea
Morrissey, Joseph D. — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Nay
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Nay
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Nay
Kiggans, Jennifer A. — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Subjects

public-safety housing labor
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 839 do?
Permitted provisions in the zoning ordinance;worker protection. Authorizes a locality to include in its zoningordinance certain conditions as part of the grant of a special exceptionthat permits development at a floor area ratio (FAR) greater than1.0 or 25 units per acre, or requires the construction of or improvementsto public facilities, public roads, or other publicly owned or managedareas. Such conditions may require a developer, directly or throughits contractors, to enter into binding contractual commitments thatprovide certain protections for the skilled and unskilled workershired to build the development project.
Who sponsors SB 839?
SB 839 is sponsored by Adam P. Ebbin.
What is the current status of SB 839?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 839?
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