Property Owners' Association Act; amendment of declaration adopted prior to July 1, 2017.
Summary
Provides that except as otherwise provided in the declaration of a property owners' association, a declaration may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the owners. The bill is in response to the Virginia Supreme Court decision in February 2016 in
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2016
Committee Review
Jan 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Dec 29, 2016
Signed Mar 13, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Amendments
5
Mar 13, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 374 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 21, 2017
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 1-N)
legislature
Feb 20, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
legislature
Feb 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to
legislature
Feb 20, 2017
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
legislature
Feb 17, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Jan 26, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1554E
legislature
Jan 24, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Jan 16, 2017
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Dec 29, 2016
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Dec 29, 2016
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102025D
legislature
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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