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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 is identical to HB 655. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 346 Virginia SB 346 (2026)
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Virginia SB 346 (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 is identical to HB 655.

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. Local Government Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Local Government with substitute — 141 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 382 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 201 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 926 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
  • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
  • Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104344D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2026-02-02 Senate committee offered
  • 2026-02-02 Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-02 Committee substitute printed 26106962D-S1 substitution
  • 2026-02-03 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-03 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-02-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-04 Local Government Substitute agreed to
  • 2026-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) substitution
  • 2026-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-10 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-10 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2026-02-13 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-15 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-16 Passed House (92-Y 6-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-02-18 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-02-18 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB346ER) passage
  • 2026-02-18 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-18 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
  • 2026-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 20 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0020)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a2abdb1-33c6-4011-b592-285e2ae00738. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).