SB 717 VA

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Transit-oriented housing overlay districts. Requires certain localities to establish one or more transit-oriented housing overlay districts covering qualifying areas, as defined in the bill, within their boundaries. The bill provides that within such overlay districts, the locality shall permit, by right, a minimum height of six stories and a minimum average density of 30 units per acre within one-quarter of a mile of a major transit stop and allow two units per lot and four units per corner lot between one-quarter of a mile and one mile from a such a stop. The bill further provides that applications for such housing development shall be approved ministerially by the zoning administrator or other designated official and that no public hearing is required for approval. The bill allows certain areas within a locality to be excluded from its provisions and sunsets on September 1, 2030. The bill has a delayed effective date of September 1, 2027.

• Saddam Azlan Salim Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26100854D · upper
2. Jan 14, 2026 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 (20-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
13. Feb 5, 2026 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate · upper
14. Feb 5, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
15. Feb 10, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
16. Feb 10, 2026 Read first time · lower
17. Feb 10, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
18. Feb 17, 2026 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
19. Feb 18, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
20. Feb 19, 2026 Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote) · lower
21. Feb 20, 2026 Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote) · lower

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.

• Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Local Government Amendment · HTML
• Local Government Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML