---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local housing policy; reports to the Department of Housing and Community Development."
description: "Local housing policy; reports to the Department of Housing and Community Development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2494"
citation: "Virginia HB 2494 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ware"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afbc87bf-e2f0-4b04-9928-bfeb0a8552cb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2494"
source_hash: "7f8ce11bcb273b9cfc08b087df5334a85b048074d208df45340a0ce8b1dc22ae"
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 2494 (2023) — Local housing policy; reports to the Department of Housing and Community Development.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0733** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0733)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105978D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2494H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106867D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2494S1)
4. **HB2494ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2494ER)
5. **Presented and ordered printed 23103473D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2494)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ware — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23103473D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2494)
- **2023-01-31** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23105978D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105978D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2494H1 `substitution`
- **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`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB2494H1)
- **2023-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute printed 23106867D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2494S1)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 23106867D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2494S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106867D-S1 (97-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N)
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2494ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 733 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0733)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afbc87bf-e2f0-4b04-9928-bfeb0a8552cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).