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type: "Bill"
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title: "Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority."
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description: "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 HB 867."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 74"
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citation: "Virginia SB 74 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-12-18"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c5d6d97-b744-499b-aa4a-691338272049"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB74"
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source_hash: "3556903413ceefd0dd2f0a3d4c32b24c3a2389bbd67a5c7d66f37ee2034584e4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 74 (2026) — Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority.
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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 HB 867.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081946.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217853.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1205544.HTML)
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4. **Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1146596.PDF)
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5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116013.PDF)
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6. **Local Government Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108692.HTML)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213330.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Accede Conference Committee R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Local Government with amendments — **8–7** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Substitute R — **0–39** (fail) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **65–33** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — **16–5** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **65–32** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
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- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
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- Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)
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- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100873D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-18** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Senate committee amendments offered
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- **2026-02-02** Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-03** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-03** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-04** Local Government Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-13** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-13** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (16-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107961D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Passed House with substitute (65-Y 33-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-18** House substitute rejected by Senate
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- **2026-02-19** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-19** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-02-23** Senate Conferees: McPike, Aird, Hackworth
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- **2026-02-24** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-02-24** House Conferees: Cousins, Askew, Morefield
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- **2026-03-11** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-11** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-12** Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB74ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 436 (effective 7/1/2027) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0436)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c5d6d97-b744-499b-aa4a-691338272049`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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