---
type: "Bill"
title: "Manufactured home; conversion to real property."
description: "Conversion of manufactured home to real property. Establishes a process whereby a manufactured home owner who is notlisted as the owner of such manufactured home on its title may detitlesuch manufactured home in order to convert the home to real property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1538"
citation: "Virginia HB 1538 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd22072f-d045-4328-a1af-c163418b4786"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1538"
source_hash: "191caaeb5c9cafed81a5baa9a389b466f311227c9513d225d753e653c9615bf1"
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 1538 (2024) — Manufactured home; conversion to real property.

Conversion of manufactured home to real property. Establishes a process whereby a manufactured home owner who is notlisted as the owner of such manufactured home on its title may detitlesuch manufactured home in order to convert the home to real property.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0567** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0567)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107163D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1538H1)
3. **HB1538ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1538ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 24105738D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1538)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24105738D `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned Transportation sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute printed 24107163D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1538H1)
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107163D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1538H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1538ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB1538ER)
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 567 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0567)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd22072f-d045-4328-a1af-c163418b4786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).