Virginia House Bill 1973

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-12 - Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)
Hearing: Feb 12 @ 7:00 pm in Senate Room B, Room 306, General Assembly Building
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Preservation of affordable housing; definitions; civil penalty. Creates a framework for localities to preserve affordable housing by exercising a right of first refusal on publicly supported housing, defined in the bill. The bill authorizes localities to implement an ordinance that requires an owner to accept a right of first refusal offer by the locality or qualified designee, defined in the bill, in order to preserve affordable housing for at least 15 years. The bill requires that any locality adopting such an ordinance to preserve affordable housing submit an annual report to the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to existing law.

Affordable housing; preservation, definitions, civil penalty.

Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Bonita Anthony [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]
Del. Katrina Callsen [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Laura Jane Cohen [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]
Del. Rae Cousins [D]	Del. Michael Feggans [D]	Del. Debra Gardner [D]	Del. Jackie Glass [D]
Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]
Del. Marty Martinez [D]	Del. Adele McClure [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Candi Mundon King [D]
Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Atoosa Reaser [D]	Del. Holly Seibold [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]
Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2025-02-12 - Senate - Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - House - Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-12	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)
2025-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2025-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2025-02-05	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1973)
2025-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N)
2025-02-03	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute
2025-02-03	House	General Laws Substitute agreed to
2025-02-03	House	Read second time
2025-02-02	House	Read first time
2025-01-30	House	Committee substitute printed 25105880D-H1
2025-01-30	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
2025-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
2025-01-20	House	Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
2025-01-14	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1973)
2025-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2025-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101114D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1973
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1973/text/HB1973
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1973/text/HB1973HC1
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1973/text/HB1973H1
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1020047.PDF
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1042693.PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1973/20251/H11002V2511975
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1973/20251/H11V2512022
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1973/20251/S12V1574