republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-239.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing & Supportive Services ILT initiative; housing & services to include adults 65 yrs. or older."
description: "Housing and Supportive Services Interagency Leadership Team initiative; housing and services for adults 65 years of age or older. Directs the Department for Housing and Community Development to expand the existing Housing and Supportive Services Interagency Leadership Team (ILT) initiative to include adults 65 years of age or older as a target subpopulation and seek input from appropriate stakeholders to facilitate the development of strategies for increasing the supply of permanent supportive housing for adults 65 years of age or older. This bill is identical to SB 263."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 239"
citation: "Virginia HB 239 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dawn M. Adams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f0532a3-cfa8-4112-91ee-25fdd0009b02"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB239"
source_hash: "1ec3b276ddd6c15853ab9c29d0d77a7ae39aa979b65f4c8c66e7f6469b0a8a20"
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 239 (2022) — Housing & Supportive Services ILT initiative; housing & services to include adults 65 yrs. or older.

Housing and Supportive Services Interagency Leadership Team initiative; housing and services for adults 65 years of age or older. Directs the Department for Housing and Community Development to expand the existing Housing and Supportive Services Interagency Leadership Team (ILT) initiative to include adults 65 years of age or older as a target subpopulation and seek input from appropriate stakeholders to facilitate the development of strategies for increasing the supply of permanent supportive housing for adults 65 years of age or older. This bill is identical to SB 263.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0195** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0195)
2. **HB239ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB239ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103858D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB239)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22103858D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB239E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103858D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB239)
- **2022-01-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-03** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by House as amended HB239E
- **2022-02-10** Printed as engrossed 22103858D-E
- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB239E)
- **2022-02-23** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-03** Signed by President
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB239ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 195 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f0532a3-cfa8-4112-91ee-25fdd0009b02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).