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HB 1130 VA
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Workforce housing for employees; county bd. of supervisor or school bd., lease of surplus property.

VA · session 2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Apr 13, 2026) Approved by Governor-Chapter 740 (effective 7/1/2026)

Summary

Workforce housing for employees of a county or county school board; lease of surplus property. Allows any county board of supervisors or county school board to lease as lessor surplus or underutilized property. The bill provides that such leases shall be conditioned on the development of workforce housing serving employees of the county or school division with up to 80 percent of area median household income. The bill also prohibits establishment of a minimum lot size exceeding 5,000 square feet for such workforce housing and provides that the placement of manufactured houses that are on a permanent foundation and on individual lots shall be permitted subject to development standards that are equivalent to those applicable to site-built single-family dwellings.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (27)

  1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104886D · lower
  2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
  3. Jan 28, 2026 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
  4. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) · lower
  5. Jan 30, 2026 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (18-Y 3-N) · lower
  6. Feb 3, 2026 Read first time · lower
  7. Feb 4, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
  8. Feb 5, 2026 Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N 0-A) · lower
  9. Feb 6, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
  10. Feb 6, 2026 Referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
  11. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Local Government with substitute (8-Y 7-N) · upper
  12. Mar 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109008D-S1 · upper
  13. Mar 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
  14. Mar 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  15. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
  16. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · upper
  17. Mar 4, 2026 Local Government Substitute agreed to · upper
  18. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
  19. Mar 4, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N 0-A) · upper
  20. Mar 6, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (71-Y 26-N 0-A) · lower
  21. Mar 13, 2026 Enrolled · lower
  22. Mar 13, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1130ER) · lower
  23. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
  24. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by President · upper
  25. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
  26. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
  27. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 740 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

Text versions (6)

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.

  • Enrolled · PDF
  • Enrolled · HTML
  • Local Government Substitute · PDF
  • Local Government Substitute · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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