republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-628.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eviction Reduction Program; established, report."
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 HB 527."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 628"
citation: "Virginia SB 628 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0d1ae26-c440-4841-9d92-f4bd965116a4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB628"
source_hash: "c82fe3cfc8a02699597466f2060b2dbec70247021a75f9e074cd5a531060cec3"
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 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.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1091530.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214914.PDF)
3. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127968.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178983.PDF)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0d1ae26-c440-4841-9d92-f4bd965116a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).