# Virginia HB2709: Historic landmarks; designating or nominating, notice requirements.

Virginia HB2709, Historic landmarks; designating or nominating, notice requirements., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by JJ Singh (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-02-04 (Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2709-2025
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB2709
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Historic landmarks; designating or nominating, notice requirements.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-16
- Last action: 2025-02-04, Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- Sponsor: JJ Singh (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Designating or nominating historic landmarks; notice requirements. Removes the requirements for the Department of Historic Resources to provide written notice to an owner or his agent of property abutting or immediately across the street or road of property proposed to be designated or nominated as a historic landmark. The bill directs the Department to schedule a public hearing at the seat of government of the locality in which the property proposed to be designated or nominated as a historic landmark is located at a time and place that will allow for the attendance of the affected general public. Current law applies such time and place requirements only for affected property owners. Finally, the bill changes the time in which the Department must specify the time and place of the public notice published in the newspaper having general circulation in the locality from not less than six days nor more than 21 days after the second publication of the notice to not more than 30 days and not less than seven days before the public hearing.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: JJ Singh (Democratic), House

## Actions (5)

- 2025-02-04: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (House)
- 2025-01-24: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources (House)
- 2025-01-23: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2709) (House)
- 2025-01-16: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (House)
- 2025-01-16: Presented and ordered printed 25105152D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-16: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022069.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022068.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022069.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022068.PDF)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2709-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).