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type: "Bill"
title: "Housing authorities; approval for construction, etc."
description: "Provides that the governing body of a town, in addition to the governing body of a county or city as in current law, may authorize a housing authority to contract for the construction of additional housing or acquire land for, or purchase material for the construction or installation of, any sewerage, streets, sidewalks, lights, power, water, or any other facilities for such additional housing. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1585"
citation: "Virginia HB 1585 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Authorities", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Housing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-02"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8707cb83-6ddf-4aa4-b0d7-a01b93fedffd"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1585"
source_hash: "d14e68b7ad27c070c1c59fd2fb370dbe1434712aa07cd9ca51c3faaa9a5a01a1"
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 1585 (2017) — Housing authorities; approval for construction, etc.
Provides that the governing body of a town, in addition to the governing body of a county or city as in current law, may authorize a housing authority to contract for the construction of additional housing or acquire land for, or purchase material for the construction or installation of, any sewerage, streets, sidewalks, lights, power, water, or any other facilities for such additional housing. This bill is identical to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0561)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0561)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1585ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1585ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101162D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1585)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **150** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **60** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **980** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101162D `introduction`
- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 561 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8707cb83-6ddf-4aa4-b0d7-a01b93fedffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).