---
type: "Bill"
title: "Comprehensive plan; housing development by nonprofit organizations."
description: "Department of Housing and Community Development; affordable housing; development by nonprofit organizations. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a document describing considerations that a locality may consider when implementing an ordinance to stimulate affordable housing and strategies on property owned by a property tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Such document shall be published on the Department's website no later than December 31, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2153"
citation: "Virginia HB 2153 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 46
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c072054-c436-4719-9f98-73286b8bb419"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2153"
source_hash: "d39c545a6f1e0f3c02faaa08f49a0d1f55c8b3623f11eeb2352e99eae23b1e14"
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 2153 (2025) — Comprehensive plan; housing development by nonprofit organizations.

Department of Housing and Community Development; affordable housing; development by nonprofit organizations. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a document describing considerations that a locality may consider when implementing an ordinance to stimulate affordable housing and strategies on property owned by a property tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Such document shall be published on the Department's website no later than December 31, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015317.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079218.PDF)
3. **General Laws Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036043.PDF)
4. **General Laws Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036419.PDF)
5. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049965.PDF)
6. **Governor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074449.PDF)
7. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073643.HTML)
8. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075174.PDF)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064399.PDF)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (52-Y 45-N) — **52–45** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (35-Y 5-N) — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 7-N) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (84-Y 12-N) — **84–12** (pass) · lower
- Senate substitute agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N) — **52–45** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101682D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2153)
- **2025-01-27** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25106329D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** General Laws Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (52-Y 45-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2153)
- **2025-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12** Committee substitute printed 25107340D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2153)
- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-18** General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Senate substitute agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N) `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2153ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2153)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (HB2153H2)
- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (84-Y 12-N)
- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (35-Y 5-N)
- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB2153ER2) `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 653 (Effective 07/01/25) `became-law`
- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0653)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c072054-c436-4719-9f98-73286b8bb419`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).