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| Bill | Affordable dwelling unit program; adds Roanoke City to list of localities with authority to provide. | Affordable dwelling unit program; City of Roanoke. Adds the City of Roanoke to the list of localities with authority to provide for an affordable dwelling unit program. The bill provides that such change shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2027 Session of the General Assembly. The bill also requires the Virginia Housing Development Authority to analyze the potential efficacy of the provisions of the bill for the provision of affordable housing in the City of Roanoke and to report the results of such analysis no later than November 1, 2026. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 181 | Virginia HB 181 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 181 (2026) — Affordable dwelling unit program; adds Roanoke City to list of localities with authority to provide.
Affordable dwelling unit program; City of Roanoke. Adds the City of Roanoke to the list of localities with authority to provide for an affordable dwelling unit program. The bill provides that such change shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2027 Session of the General Assembly. The bill also requires the Virginia Housing Development Authority to analyze the potential efficacy of the provisions of the bill for the provision of affordable housing in the City of Roanoke and to report the results of such analysis no later than November 1, 2026.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 93–5 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 19–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103777D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-07 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-01-23 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-23 Committee substitute printed 26106012D-H1
substitution - 2026-01-27 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-28 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-01-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-28 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-01-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-01-29 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-30 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
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 (HB181ER)
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 - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 913 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bc714c0-8150-4524-b7f1-641e2bfc8b0a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).