republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2053.md

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Bill	Affordable and market-rate housing; DHCD to evaluate growing demand.	Department of Housing and Community Development; stakeholder advisory group; accessory dwelling units. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development (Department) to convene a stakeholder advisory group to evaluate the construction of internal, attached, and detached accessory dwelling units as a strategy to address the Commonwealth's growing demand for affordable and market-rate housing. The bill requires the stakeholder advisory group to report its findings and recommendations, including any legislative recommendations, to the Director of the Department, the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, the commissioners of the Virginia Housing Development Authority, and the Virginia Housing Commission no later than November 1, 2021.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2053	Virginia HB 2053 (2021)	bill		enacted	Ibraheem S. Samirah	4	37	10	2021-01-12	2021-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/f6bf45d1-4d17-48bd-aadf-caefbbea212b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2053	05df2528726dbf4aaf746c1dcee188a9127b2c19dd18a65125271cf854d01ea4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2053 (2021) — Affordable and market-rate housing; DHCD to evaluate growing demand.

Department of Housing and Community Development; stakeholder advisory group; accessory dwelling units. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development (Department) to convene a stakeholder advisory group to evaluate the construction of internal, attached, and detached accessory dwelling units as a strategy to address the Commonwealth's growing demand for affordable and market-rate housing. The bill requires the stakeholder advisory group to report its findings and recommendations, including any legislative recommendations, to the Director of the Department, the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, the commissioners of the Virginia Housing Development Authority, and the Virginia Housing Commission no later than November 1, 2021.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0411 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21104312D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2053ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102679D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N) — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ibraheem S. Samirah — primary (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102679D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use referral-committee
• 2021-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB2053)
• 2021-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)
• 2021-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-29 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-29 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-29 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
• 2021-02-03 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Committee substitute printed 21104312D-H1 substitution
• 2021-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-04 Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns amendment rejected
• 2021-02-04 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 21104312D-H1
• 2021-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2053H1
• 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-05 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
• 2021-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB2053H1)
• 2021-02-17 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-17 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-25 Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) passage
• 2021-03-09 Enrolled
• 2021-03-09 Signed by President
• 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB2053ER)
• 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 411 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6bf45d1-4d17-48bd-aadf-caefbbea212b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).