SB504
Vested rights; rulings or orders of the local circuit court, residential project.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 11, 2026
House: Passed House (63-Y 36-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Creigh Deeds (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Vested rights; rulings or orders of the local circuit court.
Provides that a landowner's vested rights in a specific residential project shall not be affected by a subsequent ruling or order of the local circuit court applicable to a zoning ordinance amendment when such ruling or order affects at least 25 individual parcels within a locality unless the significant affirmative ... (More) governmental act approving such residential project is the direct subject of the ruling or order. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100437D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Rereferred from Local Government to Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB504)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (10-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/20/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB504)
- 02/24/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/24/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 03/05/2026 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 03/06/2026 - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 7-N)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/11/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/11/2026 - House: Passed House (63-Y 36-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
