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type: "Bill"
title: "Residential dwelling units; rentals for 30 consecutive days or longer."
description: "Residential dwelling units; rentals for 30 consecutive days or longer. Prohibits a locality from enacting or enforcing an ordinance that bans the rental of residential dwelling units for 30 consecutive days or longer. The bill allows a locality by ordinance to regulate such rental if such regulations (i) are reasonable and (ii) do not exceed the requirements for an owner-occupied residential property or a residential property rented for a lease term of 12 months or more in the same zoning district. This bill is identical to SB 308. "
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 634"
citation: "Virginia HB 634 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb2931dc-a3e7-4b2f-8874-2acbc65ab329"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB634"
source_hash: "62fd0a31e5f82456522648af4dd4c714adc8d2e4dceb003bcbff2bc92e6d0444"
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 634 (2024) — Residential dwelling units; rentals for 30 consecutive days or longer.
Residential dwelling units; rentals for 30 consecutive days or longer. Prohibits a locality from enacting or enforcing an ordinance that bans the rental of residential dwelling units for 30 consecutive days or longer. The bill allows a locality by ordinance to regulate such rental if such regulations (i) are reasonable and (ii) do not exceed the requirements for an owner-occupied residential property or a residential property rented for a lease term of 12 months or more in the same zoning district. This bill is identical to SB 308. 
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0300** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0300)
2. **HB634ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB634ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101152D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB634)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 0-N) — **90** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (19-Y 1-N) — **191** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101152D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB634)
- **2024-01-23** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-26** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-06** Reported from General Laws (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB634ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** 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`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 300 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0300)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb2931dc-a3e7-4b2f-8874-2acbc65ab329`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).