HB 2342 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Conditional rezoning proffers; extensive changes to conditional zoning provisions.

Summary
Makes extensive changes to conditional zoning provisions first enacted in 2016. Specific amendments include the addition of provisions stating that no local governing body shall require any unreasonable proffer, as described in current law. Under current law, no locality may request or accept any unreasonable proffer. Other changes (i) allow an applicant to submit any onsite or offsite proffer that the applicant deems reasonable and appropriate, as conclusively evidenced by the signed proffers, and (ii) state that nothing in the bill shall be deemed or interpreted to prohibit communications between an applicant or owner and the locality or to prohibit presentation, analysis, or discussion of the potential impacts of new residential development or other new residential use on the locality's public facilities. The provisions of the bill are effective as to any application for a rezoning filed on or after July 1, 2019, or for a proffer condition amendment amending a rezoning that was filed on or after July 1, 2019, or to certain other pending applications. The bill also provides that an applicant with a pending rezoning application for a rezoning or proffer condition amendment that was filed prior to July 1, 2016, may continue to proceed under the law as it existed prior to that date, and an applicant with a pending rezoning application filed on or after July 1, 2016, but before July 1, 2019, or proffer condition amendment application amending a rezoning for which the application was filed on or after July 1, 2016, but before July 1, 2019, may continue to proceed under the law as it existed during that period. This bill is identical to
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019 Signed Mar 5, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2019

How they voted

37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 14, 2019
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Mar 5, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 245 (effective - see bill)
executive
Feb 14, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Jan 25, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2342H1
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19104992D-H1
lower
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104303D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors