republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-544.md

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Bill	Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit use of accessory dwelling unit.	Short-term rental property; locality's abilityto prohibit use of accessory dwelling unit. Prohibits a locality from barring the use of or requiring that a special exception, specialuse, or conditional use permit be obtained for the use of an accessorydwelling unit for a short-term rental in an area zoned for residentialuse where the primary dwelling unit on the site is occupied by theproperty owner.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 544	Virginia SB 544 (2024)	bill		enacted	Lamont Bagby	5	43	8	2024-01-10	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/4f92406c-1584-4f32-a5e1-9906b4070404	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB544	0f8100a9e016d2dfa2beb131d9aea6fa5db0c36e0d47883d6ee36b3eed7c08b8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 544 (2024) — Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit use of accessory dwelling unit.

Short-term rental property; locality's abilityto prohibit use of accessory dwelling unit. Prohibits a locality from barring the use of or requiring that a special exception, specialuse, or conditional use permit be obtained for the use of an accessorydwelling unit for a short-term rental in an area zoned for residentialuse where the primary dwelling unit on the site is occupied by theproperty owner.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0792 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105415D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104353D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB544ER (committee substitute) — source
5. SB544ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (52-Y 38-N) — 51–38 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 39-N) — 59–39 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) — 25–15 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N) — 36–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Local Government with substitute (11-Y 4-N) — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lamont Bagby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104353D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-01-21 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB544)
• 2024-02-05 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Reported from Local Government with substitute (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Committee substitute printed 24105415D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 24105415D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB544S1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-09 Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-28 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2024-02-28 Passed House with amendment (52-Y 38-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Passage (52-Y 38-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 House amendment agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB544ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
• 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N)
• 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (60-Y 39-N)
• 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 39-N)
• 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (SB544ER2) enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 792 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
• 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0792)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f92406c-1584-4f32-a5e1-9906b4070404. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).