SB 328 VA

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Housing for local employees; grants for homeownership and workforce housing alternatives. Eliminates the maximum amount a locality may provide (i) to employees of the locality, employees of the school board, and employees of constitutional officers for homeownership grants to purchase primary residences in the locality and (ii) to school division personnel for residential housing assistance grants to provide affordable workforce housing alternatives. The bill also eliminates the requirement that such grants adhere to the Virginia Housing and Development Authority regional sales price and household income limitation guidelines. Current law imposes a maximum grant amount of $25,000 for individual grants per employee, as well as a maximum lifetime cumulative amount of $25,000 per employee. This bill is identical to HB 164.

• Russet Perry Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105310D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
3. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Local Government (10-Y 4-N 1-A) · upper
4. Feb 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
5. Feb 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
6. Feb 3, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
7. Feb 3, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
8. Feb 4, 2026 Read second time · upper
9. Feb 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
10. Feb 5, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A) · upper
11. Feb 10, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
12. Feb 10, 2026 Read first time · lower
13. Feb 10, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
14. Feb 20, 2026 Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote) · lower
15. Feb 27, 2026 Reconsidered by Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote) · lower
16. Feb 27, 2026 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (15-Y 6-N) · lower
17. Mar 3, 2026 Read second time · lower
18. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · lower
19. Mar 4, 2026 Passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
20. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled · upper
21. Mar 10, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB328ER) · upper
22. Mar 10, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
23. Mar 10, 2026 Signed by President · upper
24. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · upper
25. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
26. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 79 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
27. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0079) · 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
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML