SB 74 VA

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Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority. Authorizes any locality in the Commonwealth to provide for an affordable housing dwelling unit program by amending the zoning ordinance of such locality. Current law restricts such authorization to counties with an urban county executive form of government or county manager plan of government and certain other localities. In addition to optional increases in density, the bill provides that such program may include certain additional implementation measures including lot size reductions and accessory housing unit allowances. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027, and is identical to HB 867.

• Jeremy S. McPike Democratic · primary

1. Dec 18, 2025 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100873D · upper
2. Dec 18, 2025 Referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
3. Feb 2, 2026 Senate committee amendments offered · upper
4. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N) · upper
5. Feb 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
6. Feb 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
7. Feb 3, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
8. Feb 3, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
9. Feb 4, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Feb 4, 2026 Local Government Amendments agreed to · upper
11. Feb 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 5, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
13. Feb 10, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
14. Feb 10, 2026 Read first time · lower
15. Feb 10, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
16. Feb 13, 2026 House committee offered · lower
17. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (16-Y 5-N) · lower
18. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107961D-H1 · lower
19. Feb 15, 2026 Read second time · lower
20. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time · lower
21. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
22. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
23. Feb 16, 2026 Passed House with substitute (65-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
24. Feb 18, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate · upper
25. Feb 19, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
26. Feb 19, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
27. Feb 23, 2026 Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
28. Feb 23, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
29. Feb 23, 2026 Senate Conferees: McPike, Aird, Hackworth · upper
30. Feb 24, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
31. Feb 24, 2026 House Conferees: Cousins, Askew, Morefield · lower
32. Mar 11, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
33. Mar 11, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
34. Mar 12, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) · lower
35. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
36. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB74ER) · upper
37. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
38. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
39. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
40. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
41. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 436 (effective 7/1/2027) · executive
42. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0436) · 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
• Conference Report · 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
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Local Government Amendment · HTML
• Local Government Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML