HB 735 VA

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Board of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code; temporary tents used for agritourism purposes. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to review the relevant regulations of the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code and consider amending such regulations to allow temporary tents used for agritourism purposes to remain in place for up to 12 months on a single site. This bill is identical to SB 132.

• James A. "Jay" Leftwich Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105197D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
3. Jan 26, 2026 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection · lower
4. Jan 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB735) · lower
5. Feb 12, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 12, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N) · lower
8. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107771D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
10. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
13. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 8-N 0-A) · lower
14. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
16. Feb 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB735) · lower
17. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) · upper
18. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
19. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
22. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
23. Mar 6, 2026 Enrolled · lower
24. Mar 6, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB735ER) · lower
25. Mar 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB735) · lower
26. Mar 6, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
27. Mar 6, 2026 Signed by President · upper
28. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
29. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
30. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 416 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
31. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416) · 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
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML