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| Bill | Zoning; nonconforming uses, manufactured homes. | Zoning; nonconforming uses; manufactured homes. Provides that a land owner or home owner may place a manufactured home that meets the current HUD manufactured housing code upon any open lot in a valid nonconforming mobile or manufactured home park regardless of whether a valid nonconforming manufactured home is currently located on such lot. The bill also provides that, for the purposes of determining whether a use has been continuous, an existing mobile or manufactured home shall be considered a valid nonconforming mobile or manufactured home regardless of whether such mobile or manufactured home has been occupied during the preceding two-year period. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1463 | Virginia HB 1463 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1463 (2026) — Zoning; nonconforming uses, manufactured homes.
Zoning; nonconforming uses; manufactured homes. Provides that a land owner or home owner may place a manufactured home that meets the current HUD manufactured housing code upon any open lot in a valid nonconforming mobile or manufactured home park regardless of whether a valid nonconforming manufactured home is currently located on such lot. The bill also provides that, for the purposes of determining whether a use has been continuous, an existing mobile or manufactured home shall be considered a valid nonconforming mobile or manufactured home regardless of whether such mobile or manufactured home has been occupied during the preceding two-year period.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Joshua E. Thomas — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26105044D
introduction - 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2026-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-06 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-11 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1463ER)
passage - 2026-03-11 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 471 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0471)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d48b0bb2-a751-4ed4-997d-85885a70ec14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).