republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-672.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Owners' Association Act or Virginia Condominium Act; assessments for legal obligations."
description: "Property Owners' Association Act; Virginia Condominium Act; assessments for legal obligations of associations. Clarifies that neither the Property Owners' Association Act or the Virginia Condominium Act (the Acts) shall be construed to prevent any association organized pursuant to such Acts from levying or using assessments, charges, or fees to pay the association's contractual or other legal obligations in the exercise of the association's duties and responsibilities. The bill also restricts such associations from imposing charges against one or more but less than all unit owners unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Acts. Current law prohibits such charges or assessments from being imposed upon any unit or lot owner unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Acts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 672"
citation: "Virginia SB 672 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a715310a-fb8b-4902-9586-514abf1ecf73"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB672"
source_hash: "63c717db312fb460f954bd729c162b88cc466d9aa9281e897c868682f822e590"
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 672 (2024) — Property Owners' Association Act or Virginia Condominium Act; assessments for legal obligations.

Property Owners' Association Act; Virginia Condominium Act; assessments for legal obligations of associations. Clarifies that neither the Property Owners' Association Act or the Virginia Condominium Act (the Acts) shall be construed to prevent any association organized pursuant to such Acts from levying or using assessments, charges, or fees to pay the association's contractual or other legal obligations in the exercise of the association's duties and responsibilities. The bill also restricts such associations from imposing charges against one or more but less than all unit owners unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Acts. Current law prohibits such charges or assessments from being imposed upon any unit or lot owner unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Acts.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0685** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0685)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106011D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB672S1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24104418D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB672)
4. **SB672ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB672ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) — **34–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 24104418D `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-07** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24106011D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24106011D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB672S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-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 General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB672S1)
- **2024-02-19** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-& 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB672ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB672ER)
- **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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 685 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0685)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a715310a-fb8b-4902-9586-514abf1ecf73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).