Comprehensive plan; certain localities to promote transit-oriented development.
Summary
Comprehensive plan; transit-oriented development. Requires that each city with a population greater than 20,000 and each county with a population greater than 100,000 consider incorporating into the next scheduled and all subsequent reviews of its comprehensive plan strategies to promote transit-oriented development for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through coordinated transportation, housing, and land use planning.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Feb 2020
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Signed Feb 24, 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
32
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Amendments
4
Feb 24, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 14 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 14, 2020
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 17-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB585E
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104350D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Liz Guzmán
DDemocratic
Co
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
JM
Joe Morrissey
DDemocratic
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