SB 597 Virginia Senate · 2024 Regular Session

Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority, comprehensive plan.

Summary

Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority; comprehensive plan. 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. This bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2024

Committee Review

Mar 2024

Senate Passage

Apr 2024

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2024

Vetoed

Apr 2024

Introduced Jan 10, 2024 Vetoed Apr 8, 2024

Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2024 · House of Delegates Mar 1, 2024

How they voted

21–19

Passed

Total votes 40

Feb 12, 2024

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 17, 2024

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Apr 8, 2024

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Mar 26, 2024

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 25, 2024

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 25, 2024

Upper · Passed

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB597ER)

upper

Mar 8, 2024

Upper · Passed

Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)

upper

Mar 8, 2024

Legislature · Passed

Amended by conference committee

legislature

Mar 8, 2024

Lower · Passed

Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 48-N)

lower

Mar 6, 2024

Committee

House requested conference committee

lower

Mar 4, 2024

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Mar 1, 2024

Lower · Passed

VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N)

lower

Mar 1, 2024

Lower · Passed

Passed House with substitute (52-Y 52-N)

lower

Feb 27, 2024

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N)

lower

Feb 22, 2024

Lower · Passed

House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

lower

Feb 19, 2024

Committee

Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection

lower

Feb 15, 2024

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

Feb 12, 2024

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)

upper

Feb 9, 2024

Introduced

Engrossed by Senate as amended SB597E

upper

Feb 9, 2024

Upper · Passed

Committee amendments agreed to

upper

Feb 9, 2024

Introduced

Reading of amendments waived

upper

Feb 8, 2024

Upper · Passed

Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N)

upper

Feb 8, 2024

Upper · Passed

Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

upper

Jan 31, 2024

Committee

Rereferred to Local Government

upper

Jan 31, 2024

Committee

Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 10, 2024

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor