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type: "Bill"
title: "Community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities."
description: "Community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities. Expands the current provisions of law allowing for the establishment of a community revitalization fund for the purpose of preventing neighborhood deterioration to apply to all localities. Currently, only the City of Richmond is authorized to establish such a fund. This bill is identical to SB 49 and is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 478"
citation: "Virginia HB 478 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie E. Coyner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0f78de8-8bf8-4632-986c-792171c3d012"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB478"
source_hash: "330bc8724d54000614402a9270ac5d73c896815ea40e7beefd70fa0a4ce3dcfe"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 478 (2024) — Community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities.
Community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities. Expands the current provisions of law allowing for the establishment of a community revitalization fund for the purpose of preventing neighborhood deterioration to apply to all localities. Currently, only the City of Richmond is authorized to establish such a fund. This bill is identical to SB 49 and is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0692** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0692)
2. **HB478ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB478ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104252D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB478)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (88-Y 10-N) — **8710** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-N) — **131** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **391** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104252D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-02** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 10-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Passage (88-Y 10-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-27** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB478ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 692 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0692)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0f78de8-8bf8-4632-986c-792171c3d012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).