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HB 1554 Property Owners' Association Act; amendment of declaration adopted prior to July 1, 2017.
Introduced by: David L. Bulova | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Property Owners' Association Act; amendment of declaration. Provides that except as otherwise provided in the declaration of a property owners' association, a declaration may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the owners. The bill is in response to the Virginia Supreme Court decision in February 2016 in Tvardek v. Powhatan Village Homeowners Association, Inc.
FULL TEXT
- 12/29/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102025D pdf | impact statement
- 01/24/17 House: Printed as engrossed 17102025D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1554ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/29/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102025D
- 12/29/16 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/16/17 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/17/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/17 House: Reported from General Laws with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/17 House: Read first time
- 01/24/17 House: Read second time
- 01/24/17 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/24/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1554E
- 01/24/17 House: Printed as engrossed 17102025D-E
- 01/25/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/26/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/13/17 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/15/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/17 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/17/17 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/17 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/20/17 Senate: Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to
- 02/20/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 17-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/17 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 1-N)
- 02/21/17 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 1-N)
- 02/24/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1554ER)
- 02/24/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- 02/28/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 374 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)