---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHCD; powers and duties of Director, statewide housing needs assessment and plan, report."
description: "DHCD; powers and duties of Director, statewide housing needs assessment and plan, report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2046"
citation: "Virginia HB 2046 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 54
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53ebd111-b542-49cf-bf56-f5e1898d04b9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2046"
source_hash: "7603fcb32da9ff7654ffa8f2febcb28214db55be0b0b92096dd3b661069444a3"
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 2046 (2023) — DHCD; powers and duties of Director, statewide housing needs assessment and plan, report.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0715** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0715)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23107031D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2046S1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 23107453D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2046H1)
4. **HB2046ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2046ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104254D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2046)
6. **Printed as engrossed 23104254D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2046E)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104254D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB2046)
- **2023-01-31** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB2046E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23104254D-E
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB2046E)
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute printed 23107031D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB2046S1)
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23107031D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2046S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute rejected by House 23107031D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- **2023-02-23** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Locke, McPike, Pillion
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Carr, Robinson, Morefield
- **2023-02-23** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-23** Conference substitute printed 23107453D-H1
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB2046H1)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2046ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB2046ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 715 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0715)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53ebd111-b542-49cf-bf56-f5e1898d04b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).