Virginia · Senate Bill 721 · 2025 Regular Session

Local government actions related to comprehensive plans, etc.; approval process.

SB 721 Sponsored by Tammy Brankley Mulchi Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 19, 2024
  2. In committee Jan 19, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House of Delegates  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Local government actions related to comprehensive plans, local planning commissions, subdivision plats and site plans, and zoning ordinances; approval process. Makes several changes to local government land use approval processes, including (i) prohibiting use of the comprehensive plan as the basis, in whole or in part, for the disapproval of a site plan that is otherwise in conformity with duly adopted standards…

Read the full title (162 words)

Local government actions related to comprehensive plans, local planning commissions, subdivision plats and site plans, and zoning ordinances; approval process. Makes several changes to local government land use approval processes, including (i) prohibiting use of the comprehensive plan as the basis, in whole or in part, for the disapproval of a site plan that is otherwise in conformity with duly adopted standards, ordinances, and statutes and (ii) allowing automatic approval of certain land use applications rather than a right to petition the circuit court, as provided under current law, if a locality does not approve or disapprove the application within the required timeframe. The bill also reduces from 12 months to four months the time within which a locality must initially act upon certain proposed zoning ordinance amendments and requires a locality to act on all such proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance or map that it has previously disapproved within 45 days after an amended proposal has been resubmitted for approval.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenatePresented and ordered printed 24103107D
  2. CommitteeReferred to Committee on Local Government · Senate Local Government
  3. CommitteeContinued to 2025 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N) · Senate Local Government
  4. CommitteeLeft in Local Government · Senate Local Government

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

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