republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-281.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Child day programs; use of office buildings, waiver of zoning requirements.	Early childhood care and education; child day programs; use of office buildings; waiver of zoning requirements. Permits any locality to by ordinance provide for the waiver of any requirements for zoning permits for the operation of a child day program in an office building, as defined by the bill, provided that such facility satisfies the requirements for state licensure as a child day program. This bill is identical to SB 13.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 281	Virginia HB 281 (2024)	bill		enacted	Atoosa R. Reaser	3	24	6	2024-01-05	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/04ccfc82-fddc-482b-b94d-206ff89359b9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB281	f943354d04207bce3a6ff23343056701ed66999f19e0755c05922a0d9ea96266	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 281 (2024) — Child day programs; use of office buildings, waiver of zoning requirements.

Early childhood care and education; child day programs; use of office buildings; waiver of zoning requirements. Permits any locality to by ordinance provide for the waiver of any requirements for zoning permits for the operation of a child day program in an office building, as defined by the bill, provided that such facility satisfies the requirements for state licensure as a child day program. This bill is identical to SB 13.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0185 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB281ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104412D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104412D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-19 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-24 Passed by until Tuesday, January 30
• 2024-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-01 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB281ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 185 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0185)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04ccfc82-fddc-482b-b94d-206ff89359b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).