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Bill Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority. Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority. Authorizes any locality in the Commonwealth to provide for an affordable housing dwelling unit program by amending the zoning ordinance of such locality. Current law restricts such authorization to counties with an urban county executive form of government or county manager plan of government and certain other localities. In addition to optional increases in density, the bill provides that such program may include certain additional implementation measures including lot size reductions and accessory housing unit allowances. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027, and is identical to SB 74. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 867 Virginia HB 867 (2026)
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Virginia HB 867 (2026) — Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority.

Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority. Authorizes any locality in the Commonwealth to provide for an affordable housing dwelling unit program by amending the zoning ordinance of such locality. Current law restricts such authorization to counties with an urban county executive form of government or county manager plan of government and certain other localities. In addition to optional increases in density, the bill provides that such program may include certain additional implementation measures including lot size reductions and accessory housing unit allowances. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027, and is identical to SB 74.

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. Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. Local Government Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) — 173 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 2119 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Local Government with substitute — 87 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 6830 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 6532 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Rae Cousins — primary (person)
  • Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
  • Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103146D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2026-01-28 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
  • 2026-01-29 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-01-30 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (17-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-04 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2026-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2026-02-05 Read third time and passed House (68-Y 30-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2026-03-02 Reported from Local Government with substitute (8-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-02 Committee substitute printed 26109001D-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 (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-06 Senate substitute agreed to by House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) substitution
  • 2026-03-13 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB867ER) 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
  • 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter435 (Effective 7/1/2027) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96aea26c-da0a-473c-a51d-d133b30243a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).