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| Bill | Local housing policy; expands the range of changes that are required. | Department of Housing and Community Development; local housing policy; report to Department. Expands the range of local housing policy changes that are required to be submitted annually in a report to the Department of Housing and Community Development by any locality with a population greater than 3,500. This bill is identical to SB 665. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 356 | Virginia HB 356 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 356 (2026) — Local housing policy; expands the range of changes that are required.
Department of Housing and Community Development; local housing policy; report to Department. Expands the range of local housing policy changes that are required to be submitted annually in a report to the Department of Housing and Community Development by any locality with a population greater than 3,500. This bill is identical to SB 665.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws and Technology Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 86–13 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 74–24 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Joshua E. Thomas — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104973D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB356)
- 2026-01-27 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-30 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-01-30 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed House (86-Y 13-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Assigned GL&T sub: Housing
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Senate subcommittee offered
- 2026-03-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-06 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-06 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day
- 2026-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 Senate amendment agreed to by House (74-Y 24-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB356ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB356)
- 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 121 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0121)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce745dd5-a1c4-482b-a130-6d283c278fc2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).