Virginia Senate Bill 797 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-29 - Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Housing; Uniform Statewide Building Code; exceptions, provisions, and modifications; local disaster resilience measures. Clarifies that local flood plain regulations not superseded by the Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC) include participation in the Community Rating System and adds that measures adopted by local ordinance to make buildings resilient to foreseeable harm from recurrent flooding, coastal storms, sea level rise, and other similar threats to the health, safety, and general welfare of the locality and its residents are also not superseded by the USBC. The bill also adds resilience and hazard risk reduction to the recognized standards that should be consistent with the USBC's provisions and modifications.

Uniform Statewide Building Code; exceptions, provisions, and modifications.

Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]

2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-29	Senate	Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104052D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB797
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB797+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S12V0083+SB0797