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type: "Bill"
title: "Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; extends expiration of Program to July 1, 2025."
description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; expiration. Extends the expiration of the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program to July 1, 2025. Currently, the Program is set to expire on July 1, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to HB 477."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Virginia SB 50 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-12-21"
last_action: "2024-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72b7f5c5-3bd2-45e9-bfc4-da4645a7fc66"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB50"
source_hash: "09d2a70776efce4f64f4ad1aa7c8caaa48d5525b977d350dc0e1cc275b303489"
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 SB 50 (2024) — Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; extends expiration of Program to July 1, 2025.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; expiration. Extends the expiration of the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program to July 1, 2025. Currently, the Program is set to expire on July 1, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to HB 477.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0032** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0032)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100911D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB50)
3. **SB50ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB50ER)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100911D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-12-21** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB50)
- **2024-01-24** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB50ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB50ER)
- **2024-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 32 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0032)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72b7f5c5-3bd2-45e9-bfc4-da4645a7fc66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).