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| Bill | Zoning; manufactured housing. | Zoning; manufactured housing. Amends existing provisions that require localities to permit manufactured homes in areas zoned for agriculture by expanding such requirement to all zoning districts where site-built housing is allowed, with certain conditions. The bill provides that localities shall not adopt or enforce any zoning, land-use, or development regulation that treats manufactured homes differently or more restrictively than a single-family site-built dwelling allowed in the same zoning district. The bill also removes the authority of localities without a zoning ordinance to designate the areas within the locality in which manufactured homes may be located. This bill incorporates HB 418 and HB 801 and is identical to SB 346. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 655 | Virginia HB 655 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 655 (2026) — Zoning; manufactured housing.
Zoning; manufactured housing. Amends existing provisions that require localities to permit manufactured homes in areas zoned for agriculture by expanding such requirement to all zoning districts where site-built housing is allowed, with certain conditions. The bill provides that localities shall not adopt or enforce any zoning, land-use, or development regulation that treats manufactured homes differently or more restrictively than a single-family site-built dwelling allowed in the same zoning district. The bill also removes the authority of localities without a zoning ordinance to designate the areas within the locality in which manufactured homes may be located. This bill incorporates HB 418 and HB 801 and is identical to SB 346.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Local Government Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 39–1 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with substitute — 12–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102684D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-01-23 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-23 Committee substitute printed 26106112D-H1
substitution - 2026-01-23 Incorporates HB801 (Helmer)
- 2026-01-23 Incorporates HB418 (Cole, N.T.)
- 2026-01-27 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-01-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-28 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-01-29 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-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 Senate committee offered
- 2026-03-02 Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Committee substitute printed 26108020D-S1
substitution - 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 Local Government Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-13 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB655ER)
passage - 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-13 Signed by President
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 - 2026-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 19 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f0366b3-eaee-4d37-976f-188c5b4ae93e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).