Transportation purposes; entry onto land for inspection.
Summary
Entry onto land for inspection. Requires that for any project wherein the power of eminent domain may be exercised, any locality or the Commissioner of Highways to provide a landowner with a request to enter and inspect property at least 30 days in advance. The request must be on official letterhead, and shall notify the landowner that even if permission is withheld, the locality or the Commissioner of Highways will be permitted to enter the property on the proposed date.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Signed Mar 11, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 2, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 19, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 2, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Amendments
3
Mar 11, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 60 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 23, 2021
Introduced
House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amendments by Delegate McQuinn agreed to
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Committee
Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems
lower
Feb 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1260S1
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21103931D-S1
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101431D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JB
John Bell
DDemocratic
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