HB 655 VA

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Zoning; manufactured housing. Amends existing provisions that require localities to permit manufactured homes in areas zoned for agriculture by expanding such requirement to all zoning districts where site-built housing is allowed, with certain conditions. The bill provides that localities shall not adopt or enforce any zoning, land-use, or development regulation that treats manufactured homes differently or more restrictively than a single-family site-built dwelling allowed in the same zoning district. The bill also removes the authority of localities without a zoning ordinance to designate the areas within the locality in which manufactured homes may be located. This bill incorporates HB 418 and HB 801 and is identical to SB 346.

• Michelle Lopes Maldonado · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102684D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
3. Jan 20, 2026 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1 · lower
4. Jan 23, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 23, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 23, 2026 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Jan 23, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106112D-H1 · lower
8. Jan 23, 2026 Incorporates HB801 (Helmer) · lower
9. Jan 23, 2026 Incorporates HB418 (Cole, N.T.) · lower
10. Jan 27, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Jan 28, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
12. Jan 28, 2026 Read second time · lower
13. Jan 28, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
14. Jan 29, 2026 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
15. Jan 30, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
16. Jan 30, 2026 Referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
17. Mar 2, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
18. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 1-N) · upper
19. Mar 2, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108020D-S1 · upper
20. Mar 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
21. Mar 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
22. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
23. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · upper
24. Mar 4, 2026 Local Government Substitute agreed to · upper
25. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
26. Mar 4, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N 0-A) · upper
27. Mar 6, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
28. Mar 13, 2026 Enrolled · lower
29. Mar 13, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB655ER) · lower
30. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
31. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by President · upper
32. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
33. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
34. Mar 31, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 19 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
35. Mar 31, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
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• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Local Government Substitute · PDF
• Local Government Substitute · HTML
• Local Government Substitute · PDF
• Local Government Substitute · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · PDF
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · PDF
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · HTML
• Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
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