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Bill Counties, cities, and towns; comprehensive plan may include tiny homes or accessory dwelling units. Local comprehensive plan; tiny homes; accessory dwelling units. Clarifies that the comprehensive plan prepared by a local planning commission and adopted by a local governing body may include the use of tiny homes and accessory dwelling units, defined in the bill, as part of any residential development and use designated within such plan. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill incorporates HB 1832. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2533 Virginia HB 2533 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2533 (2025) — Counties, cities, and towns; comprehensive plan may include tiny homes or accessory dwelling units.

Local comprehensive plan; tiny homes; accessory dwelling units. Clarifies that the comprehensive plan prepared by a local planning commission and adopted by a local governing body may include the use of tiny homes and accessory dwelling units, defined in the bill, as part of any residential development and use designated within such plan. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill incorporates HB 1832.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Local Government Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N) — 2513 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — 123 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
  • Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
  • Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101048D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2025-01-20 Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-24 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-27 Committee substitute printed 25105984D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-01-28 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-29 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-29 Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-01-31 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-10 Committee substitute printed 25107111D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-02-11 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-12 Local Government Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-12 Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N) passage
  • 2025-02-14 Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-19 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2533ER) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-22 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 570 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/767582d4-6c2f-4d98-8029-63550ef8af13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).