Uniform Statewide Building Code; issuance of building permits.
Summary
Requires any fees that are levied by a local governing body in order to defray the cost of Building Code enforcement and appeals, with the exception of the levy imposed for the support of training programs of the Building Code Academy, be used only to support the functions of the local building department. The bill also requires local building departments, when denying an application for the issuance of a building permit, to provide to the applicant a written explanation detailing the reasons for which the application was denied. The bill provides that the applicant may submit a revised application addressing the reasons for which the application was previously denied and that, if the applicant does so, the local building department shall be encouraged, but not required, to limit its review of the revised application to only those portions of the application that were previously deemed inadequate and that the applicant has revised.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 7, 2019
Signed Mar 21, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2019
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 13, 2019
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Mar 21, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 698 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 18, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (94-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1966H1
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105113D-H1
lower
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101136D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David E. Yancey
RRepublican
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