republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-854.md

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Bill	Affordable housing; VHDA, et al., to study ways to develop.	Study; Department of Housing and Community Development and Virginia Housing and Development Authority; ways to incentivize the development of affordable housing in the Commonwealth of Virginia; report. Requests the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Virginia Housing and Development Authority to convene a stakeholder advisory group to (i) determine the quantity and quality of affordable housing across the Commonwealth, (ii) conduct a review of current programs and policies to determine the effectiveness of current housing policy efforts, (iii) develop an informed projection of future housing needs in the Commonwealth and determine the order of priority of those needs, and (iv) make recommendations for the improvement of housing policy in the Commonwealth.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 854	Virginia HB 854 (2020)	bill		enacted	Kathleen Murphy	4	28	6	2020-01-07	2020-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/24771f4a-4d61-4e9c-92b7-d3a096b1b4c3	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB854	be8fd6f70f92e178477b5084d649c546aac6738b0d9fe2ca3297d294c4c378a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 854 (2020) — Affordable housing; VHDA, et al., to study ways to develop.

Study; Department of Housing and Community Development and Virginia Housing and Development Authority; ways to incentivize the development of affordable housing in the Commonwealth of Virginia; report. Requests the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Virginia Housing and Development Authority to convene a stakeholder advisory group to (i) determine the quantity and quality of affordable housing across the Commonwealth, (ii) conduct a review of current programs and policies to determine the effectiveness of current housing policy efforts, (iii) develop an informed projection of future housing needs in the Commonwealth and determine the order of priority of those needs, and (iv) make recommendations for the improvement of housing policy in the Commonwealth.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0482) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB854ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB854H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB854) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104978D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB854)
• 2020-01-27 Assigned Rules sub: Studies referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20107775D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107775D-H1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB854H1
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB854H1)
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-25 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB854ER)
• 2020-03-03 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 482 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24771f4a-4d61-4e9c-92b7-d3a096b1b4c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).