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| Bill | Eviction Reduction Program; established, report. | Department of Housing and Community Development; Eviction Reduction Program; report. Establishes the Eviction Reduction Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development to expand the Department's work to (i) promote housing stability, (ii) identify factors that contribute to eviction filings, and (iii) provide interventions to prevent or divert evictions. The bill requires the Department to report annually to the General Assembly regarding the Program. The bill directs the Department to develop and include in its report criteria and guidelines necessary to administer the Program in consultation with stakeholders, including Eviction Diversion Program grantees as identified by the Department. This bill is identical to HB 527. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 628 | Virginia SB 628 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 628 (2026) — Eviction Reduction Program; established, report.
Department of Housing and Community Development; Eviction Reduction Program; report. Establishes the Eviction Reduction Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development to expand the Department's work to (i) promote housing stability, (ii) identify factors that contribute to eviction filings, and (iii) provide interventions to prevent or divert evictions. The bill requires the Department to report annually to the General Assembly regarding the Program. The bill directs the Department to develop and include in its report criteria and guidelines necessary to administer the Program in consultation with stakeholders, including Eviction Diversion Program grantees as identified by the Department. This bill is identical to HB 527.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws and Technology Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 65–32 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws — 17–4 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 11–4 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 21–17 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105427D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB628)
- 2026-01-28 Assigned GL&T sub: Housing
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Senate subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05 Committee substitute printed 26106373D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-08 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB628)
- 2026-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-11 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-11 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-19 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-19 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-19 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Reported from General Laws (17-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Passed House (65-Y 32-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB628ER)
passage - 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB628)
- 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-26 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 33 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0033)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0d1ae26-c440-4841-9d92-f4bd965116a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).