SB 717 Virginia 2027 session
Transit-oriented housing overlay districts; definitions, ordinances, report, sunset.
Transit-oriented housing overlay districts. Requires certain localities to establish one or more transit-oriented housing overlay districts covering qualifying areas, as defined in the bill, within their boundaries. The bill provides that within such overlay districts, the locality shall permit, by right, a minimum height of six stories and a minimum average density of 30 units per acre within one-quarter of a mile of a major transit stop and allow two units per lot and four units per corner lot between one-quarter of a mile and one mile from a such a stop. The bill further provides that applications for such housing development shall be approved ministerially by the zoning administrator or other designated official and that no public hearing is required for approval. The bill allows certain areas within a locality to be excluded from its provisions and sunsets on September 1, 2030. The bill has a delayed effective date of September 1, 2027.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Passed both chambers — 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 both chambers.
- 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
- Continued from last session
- Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
- Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
- House subcommittee offered
- Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
- Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- Read first time
- Placed on Calendar
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate
- Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A)
- Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- Local Government Amendments agreed to
- Read second time
- Passed by for the day
- Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Rules suspended
- Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N)
- Senate committee amendments offered
- Referred to Committee on Local Government
- Presented and ordered printed 26100854D