---
type: "Bill"
title: "Zoning; wireless facilities, temporary support structures."
description: "Zoning; wireless facilities; temporary support structures. Requires a locality to include in its zoning ordinance provisions that allow for the use of temporary support structures that meet certain requirements. The bill defines a temporary support structure as a monopole or portable wireless communications facility used to provide wireless voice, data, or image transmission within a designated area. The bill provides that an application for a temporary support structure may request approval for up to 180 days with extensions not to exceed two years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 876"
citation: "Virginia HB 876 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irene Shin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f70449f-4b3e-4b54-b9cb-8fc158a22f8c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB876"
source_hash: "cc951451fb9ca6ba96e2d2c1b2c5199ee0f7bb5269898e57d3375c5c9310661a"
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 876 (2026) — Zoning; wireless facilities, temporary support structures.

Zoning; wireless facilities; temporary support structures. Requires a locality to include in its zoning ordinance provisions that allow for the use of temporary support structures that meet certain requirements. The bill defines a temporary support structure as a monopole or portable wireless communications facility used to provide wireless voice, data, or image transmission within a designated area. The bill provides that an application for a temporary support structure may request approval for up to 180 days with extensions not to exceed two years.

## 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/1086269.PDF)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199936.PDF)

## Votes

- H VOTE: — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **19–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irene Shin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104770D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-30** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-05** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 4-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB876ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 688 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f70449f-4b3e-4b54-b9cb-8fc158a22f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).