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type: "Bill"
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title: "Eviction Reduction Program; established, report."
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description: "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 SB 628."
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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: "HB 527"
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citation: "Virginia HB 527 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Adele Y. McClure"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2842f183-22a0-4ce7-a841-024af8f24361"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB527"
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source_hash: "281af9d55226c85e27f6924edf2fe9f59c222b80aa1e98531100c56001d7c668"
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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 HB 527 (2026) — Eviction Reduction Program; established, report.
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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 SB 628.
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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/1084803.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216952.PDF)
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3. **General Laws Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139012.PDF)
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4. **Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1131789.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210738.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Appropriations — **17–5** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **63–33** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- May Nivar — 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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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103259D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB527)
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- **2026-02-05** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute printed 26106258D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Appropriations (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB527)
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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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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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Assigned GL&T sub: Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB527ER) `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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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB527)
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 164 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0164)
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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/2842f183-22a0-4ce7-a841-024af8f24361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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