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SB 296 Virginia 2027 session

County manager plan of government; affordable dwelling unit ordinance.

County manager plan of government; affordable dwelling unit ordinance. Increases local authority over affordable housing for counties that have adopted the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) by (i) potentially increasing the cash contribution to the county's affordable housing fund by developers in lieu of providing affordable dwelling units and (ii) providing that applications for a special exception approval for a change of use of an existing building from commercial to residential may be subject to an affordable housing requirement. The bill directs the governing body of such counties to appoint an advisory board to advise the governing body regarding the appropriate provisions of an ordinance to amend the cash contribution amounts to such county's affordable housing fund. Certain provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2027 Session of the General Assembly.

Status

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor vote
  4. Passed
  5. Enacted

Passed one chamber — last recorded action July 21, 2026

Continued from last session

Passage likelihood

95% Higher than most bills at this stage

This is an estimate, not a guarantee. It is computed from the signals listed below and nothing else. It does not account for leadership priorities, floor scheduling, or negotiations that are not in the public record.

What the estimate is based on

  • Historical base rate About 20% of introduced state bills are enacted.
  • Current stage Passed one chamber.
  • Cosponsors 1 cosponsor.

State-level impact

State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.

Official actions

  1. Continued from last session
  2. Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
  3. Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
  4. Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
  5. Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
  6. Read first time
  7. Placed on Calendar
  8. Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A)
  9. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
  10. Local Government Substitute agreed to
  11. Read second time
  12. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  13. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  14. Rules suspended
  15. Committee substitute printed 26107556D-S1
  16. Reported from Local Government with substitute (10-Y 4-N 1-A)
  17. Senate committee offered
  18. Referred to Committee on Local Government
  19. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104771D

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Last action May 7, 2026

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