---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; extends expiration of Program to July 1, 2025."
description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; expiration. Extends the expiration of the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program to July 1, 2025. Currently, the Program is set to expire on July 1, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to SB 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 477"
citation: "Virginia HB 477 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie E. Coyner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1223f2a-b26d-4332-a7cc-448840384330"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB477"
source_hash: "077ae4fdb54c4d126a196a4ff6931ca262a8f7959dd6873f5256ffda8eb00915"
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 477 (2024) — Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; extends expiration of Program to July 1, 2025.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; expiration. Extends the expiration of the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program to July 1, 2025. Currently, the Program is set to expire on July 1, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to SB 50.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0042** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0042)
2. **HB477ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB477ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104251D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB477)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104251D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB477)
- **2024-01-22** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-30** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB477ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB477ER)
- **2024-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 42 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1223f2a-b26d-4332-a7cc-448840384330`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).