SB 340 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Overgrown vegetation; local authority.

Summary
Overgrown vegetation; local authority. Authorizesany locality within Planning District 23 or that has a populationof at least 75,000 to include provisions for cutting overgrown shrubs,trees, and other such vegetation in an ordinance requiring certainlandowners to cut the grass, weeds, and other foreign growth on certainproperty.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 6, 2020 Signed Mar 23, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Mar 23, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 399 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (72-Y 27-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
upper
Jan 15, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB340E
upper
Jan 15, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Jan 15, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government with amendment (12-Y 1-N)
upper
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102412D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Mamie Locke
Mamie Locke
DDemocratic
VA
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