republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-478.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	Community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities.	Community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities. Expands the current provisions of law allowing for the establishment of a community revitalization fund for the purpose of preventing neighborhood deterioration to apply to all localities. Currently, only the City of Richmond is authorized to establish such a fund. This bill is identical to SB 49 and is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 478	Virginia HB 478 (2024)	bill		enacted	Carrie E. Coyner	3	23	6	2024-01-08	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d0f78de8-8bf8-4632-986c-792171c3d012	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB478	330bc8724d54000614402a9270ac5d73c896815ea40e7beefd70fa0a4ce3dcfe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 478 (2024) — Community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities.

Community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities. Expands the current provisions of law allowing for the establishment of a community revitalization fund for the purpose of preventing neighborhood deterioration to apply to all localities. Currently, only the City of Richmond is authorized to establish such a fund. This bill is identical to SB 49 and is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0692 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB478ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104252D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (88-Y 10-N) — 87–10 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
• Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104252D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House (88-Y 10-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Passage (88-Y 10-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-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 (39-Y 1-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB478ER) 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
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 692 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0692)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0f78de8-8bf8-4632-986c-792171c3d012. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).