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Bill Agritourism purposes; Bd. of HCD to review regulations for temporary tents. Board of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code; temporary tents used for agritourism purposes. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to review the relevant regulations of the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code and consider amending such regulations to allow temporary tents used for agritourism purposes to remain in place for up to 12 months on a single site. This bill is identical to SB 132. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 735 Virginia HB 735 (2026)
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Virginia HB 735 (2026) — Agritourism purposes; Bd. of HCD to review regulations for temporary tents.

Board of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code; temporary tents used for agritourism purposes. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to review the relevant regulations of the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code and consider amending such regulations to allow temporary tents used for agritourism purposes to remain in place for up to 12 months on a single site. This bill is identical to SB 132.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. General Laws Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 868 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute — 201 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105197D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2026-01-26 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
  • 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB735)
  • 2026-02-12 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2026-02-12 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-12 Committee substitute printed 26107771D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 8-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2026-02-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB735)
  • 2026-02-25 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB735ER) passage
  • 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB735)
  • 2026-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-06 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 416 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a97094a3-89ff-43ff-b8d2-ddb136a436f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).