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VA SB781
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/22/2026
Primary Sponsor
Glen Sturtevant
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AI Summary
- Authorizes localities to regulate the timing of development when public facilities are determined inadequate to support otherwise permitted development
- Covers schools, roads, public safety facilities (fire and police), and public water/sewer systems including treatment capacity and water supply availability
- Requires localities to have both a capital improvements plan providing objective criteria for facility inadequacy and a comprehensive plan specifying development areas
- Permits localities to reject or defer rezoning applications based solely on a determination of inadequate public facilities
- Clarifies that exercising this authority does not obligate the locality to provide the public facilities in question
Legislative Description
Zoning; adequate public facilities.
Last Action
Passed by indefinitely in Local Government (8-Y 7-N)
2/2/2026
Committee Referrals
Local Government1/22/2026
Full Bill Text
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