HB 867 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 SB 74.

• Rae Cousins Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103146D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
3. Jan 28, 2026 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 · lower
4. Jan 29, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 30, 2026 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (17-Y 3-N) · lower
7. Feb 3, 2026 Read first time · lower
8. Feb 4, 2026 Read second time · lower
9. Feb 4, 2026 committee amendments agreed to · lower
10. Feb 4, 2026 Engrossed by House as amended · lower
11. Feb 5, 2026 Read third time and passed House (68-Y 30-N 0-A) · lower
12. Feb 6, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
13. Feb 6, 2026 Referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
14. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Local Government with substitute (8-Y 7-N) · upper
15. Mar 2, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109001D-S1 · upper
16. Mar 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
17. Mar 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
18. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
19. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · upper
20. Mar 4, 2026 Local Government Substitute agreed to · upper
21. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
22. Mar 4, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
23. Mar 6, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) · lower
24. Mar 13, 2026 Enrolled · lower
25. Mar 13, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB867ER) · lower
26. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
27. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by President · upper
28. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
29. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
30. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter435 (Effective 7/1/2027) · executive
31. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435) · 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
• Local Government Substitute · PDF
• Local Government Substitute · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment · HTML
• Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML