{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/2.2-4007.01.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/2.2-4007.01.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/2.2-4007.01.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/2.2-4007.01.html"}],"law_id":74274,"edition_id":1,"section_id":74274,"structure_id":13410,"section_number":"2.2-4007.01","catch_line":"Notice of intended regulatory action; public hearing","history":"2007, cc. 873, 916; 2011, c. 464.","full_text":"A\n\nIn the case of all regulations, except those regulations exempted by &#xA7; 2.2-4002, 2.2-4006, 2.2-4011, or 2.2-4012.1, an agency shall (i) provide the Registrar of Regulations with a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action that describes the subject matter and intent of the planned regulation and (ii) allow at least 30 days for public comment, to include an on-line public comment forum on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall, after publication of the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action.\n\t\t\tWhenever a Virginia statutory change necessitates a change to, or repeal of, all or a portion of a regulation or the adoption of a new regulation, the agency shall file a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action with the Registrar within 120 days of such law&#8217;s effective date.\n\t\t\tAn agency shall not file proposed regulations with the Registrar until the public comment period on the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action has closed.B\n\nAgencies shall state in the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action whether they plan to hold a public hearing on the proposed regulation after it is published. Agencies shall hold such public hearings if required by basic law. If the agency states an intent to hold a public hearing on the proposed regulation in the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action, then it shall hold the public hearing. If the agency states in its Notice of Intended Regulatory Action that it does not plan to hold a hearing on the proposed regulation, then no public hearing is required unless, prior to completion of the comment period specified in the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action, (i) the Governor directs the agency to hold a public hearing or (ii) the agency receives requests for a public hearing from at least 25 persons.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":267019,"text":"In the case of all regulations, except those regulations exempted by &#xA7; 2.2-4002, 2.2-4006, 2.2-4011, or 2.2-4012.1, an agency shall (i) provide the Registrar of Regulations with a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action that describes the subject matter and intent of the planned regulation and (ii) allow at least 30 days for public comment, to include an on-line public comment forum on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall, after publication of the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action.\n\t\t\tWhenever a Virginia statutory change necessitates a change to, or repeal of, all or a portion of a regulation or the adoption of a new regulation, the agency shall file a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action with the Registrar within 120 days of such law&#8217;s effective date.\n\t\t\tAn agency shall not file proposed regulations with the Registrar until the public comment period on the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action has closed.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":267020,"text":"Agencies shall state in the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action whether they plan to hold a public hearing on the proposed regulation after it is published. Agencies shall hold such public hearings if required by basic law. If the agency states an intent to hold a public hearing on the proposed regulation in the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action, then it shall hold the public hearing. If the agency states in its Notice of Intended Regulatory Action that it does not plan to hold a hearing on the proposed regulation, then no public hearing is required unless, prior to completion of the comment period specified in the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action, (i) the Governor directs the agency to hold a public hearing or (ii) the agency receives requests for a public hearing from at least 25 persons.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13410,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulations","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":5,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12798,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:50","permalink":{"id":176749,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13410,"identifier":"2","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/2","url":"\/2.2\/II\/B\/40\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12798,"edition_id":1,"name":"Administrative Process Act","identifier":"40","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12751,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":176717,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12798,"identifier":"40","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40","url":"\/2.2\/II\/B\/40\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12751,"edition_id":1,"name":"Transaction of Public Business","identifier":"B","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12750,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":176445,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12751,"identifier":"B","token":"2.2\/II\/B","url":"\/2.2\/II\/B\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12750,"edition_id":1,"name":"Administration of State Government","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12749,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":176253,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12750,"identifier":"II","token":"2.2\/II","url":"\/2.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12749,"edition_id":1,"name":"Administration of Government","identifier":"2.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":171453,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12749,"identifier":"2.2","token":"2.2","url":"\/2.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":78729,"structure_id":13410,"section_number":"2.2-4006","catch_line":"Exemptions from requirements of this article","url":"\/2.2-4006\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/2\/2.2-4006","metadata":false},{"id":58015,"structure_id":13410,"section_number":"2.2-4007","catch_line":"Petitions for new or amended regulations; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0873\">873<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0916\">916<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2011, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0464\">464<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83688,"section_number":"2.2-4001","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4001\/"},{"id":78729,"section_number":"2.2-4006","catch_line":"Exemptions from requirements of this article","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4006\/"},{"id":70566,"section_number":"2.2-4012","catch_line":"Purpose; adoption; effective date; filing; duties of Registrar of Regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4012\/"},{"id":73052,"section_number":"2.2-4014","catch_line":"Legislative review of proposed and final regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4014\/"},{"id":75768,"section_number":"2.2-4027","catch_line":"Issues on review","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4027\/"},{"id":61395,"section_number":"59.1-153","catch_line":"Methods of making inspection","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-153\/"},{"id":81093,"section_number":"62.1-246","catch_line":"When Board may initiate a surface water management area study proceeding; hearing required","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-246\/"},{"id":56006,"section_number":"62.1-44.15","catch_line":"Powers and duties; civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69625,"section_number":"2.2-4002","catch_line":"Exemptions from chapter generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4002\/"},{"id":78729,"section_number":"2.2-4006","catch_line":"Exemptions from requirements of this article","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4006\/"},{"id":66162,"section_number":"2.2-4011","catch_line":"Emergency regulations; publication; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4011\/"},{"id":62113,"section_number":"2.2-4012.1","catch_line":"Fast-track rulemaking process","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4012.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":176759,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74274,"identifier":"2.2-4007.01","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/2\/2.2-4007.01","url":"\/2.2-4007.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4007.01\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/2\/2.2-4007.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice of intended regulatory action; public hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4007.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> In the <span class=\"dictionary\">case<\/span> of all <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span>, except those <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span> exempted by &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Exemptions from chapter generally\" href=\"\/2.2-4002\/\">2.2-4002<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Exemptions from requirements of this article\" href=\"\/2.2-4006\/\">2.2-4006<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Emergency regulations; publication; exceptions\" href=\"\/2.2-4011\/\">2.2-4011<\/a>, or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Fast-track rulemaking process\" href=\"\/2.2-4012.1\/\">2.2-4012.1<\/a>, an <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> shall (i) provide the <span class=\"dictionary\">Registrar<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Regulations<\/span> with a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action that describes the subject matter and <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> of the planned <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span> and (ii) allow at least 30 days for public comment, to include an on-line public comment forum on the <span class=\"dictionary\">Virginia Regulatory Town Hall<\/span>, after publication of the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action.\n\t\t\tWhenever a Virginia statutory change necessitates a change to, or repeal of, all or a portion of a <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span> or the adoption of a new <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> shall file a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Registrar<\/span> within 120 days of such <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>&#8217;s effective date.\n\t\t\tAn <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> shall not file proposed <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span> with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Registrar<\/span> until the public comment period on the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action has closed. <a id=\"paragraph-267019\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-4007.01\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Agencies shall state in the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action whether they plan to hold a public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> on the proposed <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span> after it is published. Agencies shall hold such public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearings<\/span> if required by <span class=\"dictionary\">basic law<\/span>. If the <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> states an <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> to hold a public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> on the proposed <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span> in the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action, then it shall hold the public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>. If the <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> states in its Notice of Intended Regulatory Action that it does not plan to hold a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> on the proposed <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span>, then no public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> is required unless, prior to completion of the comment period specified in the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action, (i) the Governor directs the <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> to hold a public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> or (ii) the <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> receives requests for a public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> from at least 25 persons. <a id=\"paragraph-267020\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-4007.01\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE OF INTENDED REGULATORY ACTION; PUBLIC HEARING (\u00a7 2.2-4007.01)\n\nA. In the case of all regulations, except those regulations exempted by &#xA7;\n2.2-4002, 2.2-4006, 2.2-4011, or 2.2-4012.1, an agency shall (i) provide the\nRegistrar of Regulations with a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action that\ndescribes the subject matter and intent of the planned regulation and (ii) allow\nat least 30 days for public comment, to include an on-line public comment forum\non the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall, after publication of the Notice of\nIntended Regulatory Action.\n\t\t\tWhenever a Virginia statutory change necessitates a change to, or repeal of,\nall or a portion of a regulation or the adoption of a new regulation, the agency\nshall file a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action with the Registrar within 120\ndays of such law&#8217;s effective date.\n\t\t\tAn agency shall not file proposed regulations with the Registrar until the\npublic comment period on the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action has closed.\n\nB. Agencies shall state in the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action whether they\nplan to hold a public hearing on the proposed regulation after it is published.\nAgencies shall hold such public hearings if required by basic law. If the agency\nstates an intent to hold a public hearing on the proposed regulation in the\nNotice of Intended Regulatory Action, then it shall hold the public hearing. If\nthe agency states in its Notice of Intended Regulatory Action that it does not\nplan to hold a hearing on the proposed regulation, then no public hearing is\nrequired unless, prior to completion of the comment period specified in the\nNotice of Intended Regulatory Action, (i) the Governor directs the agency to\nhold a public hearing or (ii) the agency receives requests for a public hearing\nfrom at least 25 persons.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, cc. 873, 916; 2011, c. 464.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}