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| Bill | Affordable housing; preservation, definitions, civil penalty. | Preservation of affordable housing; definitions; civil penalty. Creates a framework for localities to preserve affordable housing by exercising a right of first refusal on publicly supported housing, defined in the bill. The bill authorizes localities to adopt an ordinance that requires an owner to accept a right of first refusal offer by the locality or qualified designee, defined in the bill, in order to preserve affordable housing for at least 15 years. The bill requires that any locality with a population greater than 3,500 adopting such an ordinance to preserve affordable housing submit an annual report to the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to existing law. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 4 | Virginia HB 4 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 4 (2026) — Affordable housing; preservation, definitions, civil penalty.
Preservation of affordable housing; definitions; civil penalty. Creates a framework for localities to preserve affordable housing by exercising a right of first refusal on publicly supported housing, defined in the bill. The bill authorizes localities to adopt an ordinance that requires an owner to accept a right of first refusal offer by the locality or qualified designee, defined in the bill, in order to preserve affordable housing for at least 15 years. The bill requires that any locality with a population greater than 3,500 adopting such an ordinance to preserve affordable housing submit an annual report to the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to existing law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from General Laws — 15–6 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 65–34 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Garrett McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Gretchen M. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
- Lily V. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret A. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Mark C. Downey — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-11-17 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100154D
filing, introduction - 2025-11-17 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 (7-Y 3-N)
- 2026-01-27 Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-30 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed House (65-Y 34-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 - 2026-03-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology (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 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB4ER)
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 - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 352 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0352)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69c1390e-113f-436e-8cc9-237ed4b763a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).