---
type: "Bill"
title: "Redevelopment and housing authority; increases compensation of commissioners."
description: "Redevelopment and housing authority; compensationof commissioners. Increases from $150 to $500 per month the maximum compensation that may be paid to a redevelopment and housing authority commissioner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "Virginia HB 396 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaye Kory"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-02"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdd42a27-c0f0-458d-8b1e-635cf4b47786"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB396"
source_hash: "94ebc5030e3f2a62fe8c33451f06ed657ccb39b12b17f277b0008cc9a35e0190"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 396 (2020) — Redevelopment and housing authority; increases compensation of commissioners.

Redevelopment and housing authority; compensationof commissioners. Increases from $150 to $500 per month the maximum compensation that may be paid to a redevelopment and housing authority commissioner.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0516)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB396ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB396ER)
3. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB396ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB396)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N) — **81–16** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (19-Y 1-N) — **19–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — **36–4** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 1-N) — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kaye Kory — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101023D `introduction`
- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
- **2020-02-06** Reported from General Laws (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (82-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (82-Y 16-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 516 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdd42a27-c0f0-458d-8b1e-635cf4b47786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).