---
type: "Bill"
title: "Zoning; nonconforming uses, manufactured homes."
description: "Zoning; nonconforming uses; manufactured homes. Provides that a land owner or home owner may place a manufactured home that meets the current HUD manufactured housing code upon any open lot in a valid nonconforming mobile or manufactured home park regardless of whether a valid nonconforming manufactured home is currently located on such lot. The bill also provides that, for the purposes of determining whether a use has been continuous, an existing mobile or manufactured home shall be considered a valid nonconforming mobile or manufactured home regardless of whether such mobile or manufactured home has been occupied during the preceding two-year period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1463"
citation: "Virginia HB 1463 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua E. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d48b0bb2-a751-4ed4-997d-85885a70ec14"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1463"
source_hash: "aef040d7e42b9654ac0ea0c40a19eb291f83052193b22655b0ffec5c184db069"
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 1463 (2026) — Zoning; nonconforming uses, manufactured homes.

Zoning; nonconforming uses; manufactured homes. Provides that a land owner or home owner may place a manufactured home that meets the current HUD manufactured housing code upon any open lot in a valid nonconforming mobile or manufactured home park regardless of whether a valid nonconforming manufactured home is currently located on such lot. The bill also provides that, for the purposes of determining whether a use has been continuous, an existing mobile or manufactured home shall be considered a valid nonconforming mobile or manufactured home regardless of whether such mobile or manufactured home has been occupied during the preceding two-year period.

## 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/1095039.HTML)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218106.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1200584.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joshua E. Thomas — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26105044D `introduction`
- **2026-01-23** 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)
- **2026-02-06** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-13** 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 (HB1463ER) `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`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 471 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0471)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d48b0bb2-a751-4ed4-997d-85885a70ec14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).