HB 459 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Real property; entering adjoining property to improve, etc., petitioning circuit court.

Summary
Providing access to adjoining property to makeimprovements or repairs. Allows an owner or lessee of real propertywho seeks to improve, repair, or maintain his property, and the propertyis so situated that it is impossible to perform the improvements,repairs, or maintenance without entering adjoining property and permissionto enter the adjoining property has been denied, to petition thecircuit court for a license to enter the adjoining property for thepurpose of performing the improvements, repairs, or maintenance.The petition and affidavits, if any, shall state the facts making such entry necessary and the date or dates on which entry is sought.The bill provides that such license shall be granted by the courtin an appropriate case upon such terms as justice requires. Any such entry shall not be deemed a trespass and the licensee shall be liableto the adjoining owner or his lessee for actual damages occurringas a result of the entry.
Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Feb 15, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022

How they voted

44–37
Passed
Total votes 81
Feb 15, 2022
D Democratic42
42 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican39
2 Yea 37 Nay
94% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
6
Committee
9
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB459H1
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22106246D-H1
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 5-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 4, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
Referred from General Laws
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101887D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors