SB 285 VA

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Department of Housing and Community Development; administration of Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment grant program; report. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to review and develop criteria and guidelines for the administration of the Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment grant program in consultation with the Virginia Association of Counties, the Virginia First Cities Coalition, the Virginia Municipal League, and the Virginia Economic Developers Association. The bill requires such criteria to include (i) award prioritization for (a) localities experiencing an above average and high level of fiscal stress as designated by the Commission on Local Government in its most recent Report on Comparative Revenue Capacity, Revenue Effort, and Fiscal Stress of Virginia's Cities and Counties and (b) localities experiencing a significant decrease in commercial real estate assessments and (ii) the amount and type of local matches with consideration of both monetary and non-monetary contribution requirements. The bill requires the Director of the Department to report the Department's findings to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the House Committee on General Laws no later than November 1, 2026.

• Lashrecse D. Aird Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102166D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
3. Jan 19, 2026 Reported from Local Government and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
4. Jan 22, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB285) · upper
5. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N) · upper
6. Jan 28, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106389D-S1 · upper
7. Jan 29, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB285) · upper
8. Jan 29, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
9. Jan 29, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
10. Jan 29, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Jan 29, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
12. Jan 30, 2026 Read second time · upper
13. Jan 30, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
14. Jan 30, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Jan 30, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
16. Jan 30, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
17. Feb 2, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
18. Feb 5, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
19. Feb 5, 2026 Read first time · lower
20. Feb 5, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rules · lower
21. Mar 1, 2026 Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee · lower
22. Mar 2, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 0-N) · lower
23. Mar 6, 2026 Reported from Rules and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) · lower
24. Mar 9, 2026 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower
25. Mar 11, 2026 Read second time · lower
26. Mar 12, 2026 Read third time · lower
27. Mar 12, 2026 Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
28. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
29. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB285ER) · upper
30. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
31. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
32. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
33. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
34. Apr 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB285) · upper
35. Apr 11, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by Senate · 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.

• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML