---
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: "SB 839"
citation: "Virginia SB 839 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Locke"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-12-27"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd31a77f-7691-4e89-9005-cdde57cb0a47"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB839"
source_hash: "b2788d893bb7ac2d26706b30b0eb4831891e5d691dafd31058aae91ffb1194a7"
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 SB 839 (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. **CHAP0716** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0716)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104915D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB839S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106959D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB839H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100939D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB839)
5. **SB839ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB839ER)

## Votes

- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Locke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100939D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-27** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB839)
- **2023-01-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18** Incorporates SB1049 (McPike)
- **2023-01-18** Incorporates SB1190 (Ebbin)
- **2023-01-18** Committee substitute printed 23104915D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB839S1)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23104915D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB839S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute printed 23106959D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB839H1)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 23106959D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB839H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with substitute (94-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Title replaced 23106959D-H1
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB839ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB839ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 716 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0716)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd31a77f-7691-4e89-9005-cdde57cb0a47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).