Comprehensive plan approval; appeal shall be heard and determined within 60 days, etc.
Summary
Comprehensive plan approval. Allows a planningcommission to extend the 60-day period during which it makes a recommendationto the governing body on a comprehensive plan amendment if an applicantagrees to such extension. The bill also extends from 60 days to 100days, or such longer period as agreed to by an applicant, the periodof time during which the governing body shall hear and determinean appeal from a planning commission decision.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Governor
Introduced Dec 26, 2021
Last action Mar 10, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 20, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 9, 2022
How they voted
21–13
Passed
Total votes 34
Jan 20, 2022
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican16
81% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
9
Amendments
2
Mar 9, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Motion to refer to committee agreed to (53-Y 45-N)
lower
Mar 9, 2022
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (40-39-2)
house of delegates
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (18-Y 4-N)
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
upper
Jan 19, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB35E
upper
Jan 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Jan 19, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Jan 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government with amendment (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Dec 26, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Dec 26, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100996D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Favola
DDemocratic
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