republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-368.md

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Bill	Uniform Statewide Building Code; Board of HCD to convene advisory group to evaluate.	Board of Housing and Community Development; stakeholder advisory group; report. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development (the Board) to convene a stakeholder advisory group including fire code officials to evaluate and recommend revisions to the Uniform Statewide Building Code to permit Group R-2 occupancies to be served by a single exit, provided that the building has not more than six stories above grade plane. The bill requires the stakeholder advisory group to submit its findings and recommendations to the Board and to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology no later than December 1, 2024. This bill is identical to SB 195.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 368	Virginia HB 368 (2024)	bill		enacted	Adele Y. McClure	4	40	9	2024-01-06	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/d9591413-7343-4484-ada1-011a6b0f4255	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB368	61c1ce363cefb87a63d0115b41c4d30e3eb1d70327b7ba2f9d9deffbc62c9eaf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 368 (2024) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; Board of HCD to convene advisory group to evaluate.

Board of Housing and Community Development; stakeholder advisory group; report. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development (the Board) to convene a stakeholder advisory group including fire code officials to evaluate and recommend revisions to the Uniform Statewide Building Code to permit Group R-2 occupancies to be served by a single exit, provided that the building has not more than six stories above grade plane. The bill requires the stakeholder advisory group to submit its findings and recommendations to the Board and to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology no later than December 1, 2024. This bill is identical to SB 195. 

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0384 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB368ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104623D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24104623D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Referred from Rules — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104623D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-06 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB368)
• 2024-02-01 Referred from Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-08 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB368E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24104623D-E
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB368E)
• 2024-02-23 Rereferred from Rules (15-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Rereferred to General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-03-04 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB368ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB368ER)
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 384 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0384)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9591413-7343-4484-ada1-011a6b0f4255. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).