SB74
Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 12, 2026
House: Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 32-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Jeremy McPike (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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. The bill ... (More) has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. (Less)-
Bill History
- 12/18/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100873D
- 12/18/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Senate committee amendments offered
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Local Government Amendments agreed to
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/10/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/10/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 02/12/2026 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 02/13/2026 - House: House committee offered
- 02/13/2026 - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (16-Y 5-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107961D-H1
- 02/15/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read third time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/16/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (65-Y 33-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate
- 02/19/2026 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/19/2026 - House: House requested conference committee
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Senate Conferees: McPike, Aird, Hackworth
- 02/24/2026 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/24/2026 - House: House Conferees: Cousins, Askew, Morefield
- 03/11/2026 - Conference Report released
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/12/2026 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 32-N 0-A)
