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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Good Neighbor Next Door Program; VHDA shall report recommendations for creating Program."
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description: "Virginia Housing Development Authority; workgroup to establish Virginia Good Neighbor Next Door program.Directs the Virginia Housing Development Authority to convene a stakeholderwork group to establish a plan for the creation of a Virginia GoodNeighbor Next Door program, similar to the Good Neighbor Next Doorprogram administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and UrbanDevelopment, to provide financial incentives for law-enforcementofficers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, andteachers to purchase homes within designated revitalization areasin the localities in which they are employed. The bill requires thework group to report its findings and recommendations, includingany legislative recommendations, to the Governor and the Chairmenof the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee onGeneral Laws and Technology no later than July 1, 2022."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2072"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2072 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-03-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3007aba-afcc-4204-98ec-ba4b2e7d2f36"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2072"
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source_hash: "8fa3dbd877f70576e697a120a13155c55f973f8c5e0bd2ff839e6c9552e60946"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2072 (2021) — Virginia Good Neighbor Next Door Program; VHDA shall report recommendations for creating Program.
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Virginia Housing Development Authority; workgroup to establish Virginia Good Neighbor Next Door program.Directs the Virginia Housing Development Authority to convene a stakeholderwork group to establish a plan for the creation of a Virginia GoodNeighbor Next Door program, similar to the Good Neighbor Next Doorprogram administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and UrbanDevelopment, to provide financial incentives for law-enforcementofficers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, andteachers to purchase homes within designated revitalization areasin the localities in which they are employed. The bill requires thework group to report its findings and recommendations, includingany legislative recommendations, to the Governor and the Chairmenof the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee onGeneral Laws and Technology no later than July 1, 2022.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0415** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0415)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21103402D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2072H1)
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3. **HB2072ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2072ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102307D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2072)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)
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- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
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- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102307D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2072)
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- **2021-01-21** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-26** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-26** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-26** Committee substitute printed 21103402D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2021-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-28** Committee substitute agreed to 21103402D-H1
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- **2021-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2072H1
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- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-29** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2072H1)
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- **2021-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-02-01** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-17** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2072ER)
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 415 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3007aba-afcc-4204-98ec-ba4b2e7d2f36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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