HB 1398

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2024 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 17, 2024
  • Passed House Feb 12, 2024
  • Passed Senate Mar 05, 2024
  • Governor

Affordable housing; creates framework for localities to preserve housing.

Abstract

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 a period of not less than 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 by December 31.

Preservation of affordable housing; definitions;civil penalty. Creates a framework for localities to preserveaffordable housing by exercising a right of first refusal on publiclysupported housing, defined in the bill. The bill authorizes localitiesto implement an ordinance that requires an owner to accept a rightof first refusal offer by the locality or qualified designee, definedin the bill, in order to preserve affordable housing for a periodof not less than 15 years. The bill requires that any locality adoptingsuch an ordinance to preserve affordable housing submit an annualreport to the Department of Housing and Community Development by December 31.

Bill Sponsors (3)

Votes


Actions


Apr 17, 2024

House

House sustained Governor's veto

Apr 08, 2024

Office of the Governor

Vetoed by Governor

Mar 27, 2024

Office of the Governor

Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024

House

Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB1398ER)

Mar 26, 2024

House

Signed by Speaker

Mar 25, 2024

Senate

Signed by President

House

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1398ER)

House

Enrolled

Mar 05, 2024

Senate

Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)

Senate

Read third time

Mar 04, 2024

Senate

Passed by for the day

Senate

Read third time

Mar 01, 2024

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)

Feb 28, 2024

Senate

Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)

Feb 13, 2024

Senate

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed

Feb 12, 2024

House

Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N)

House

VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)

Feb 09, 2024

House

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1398H1

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB1398H1)

House

Committee substitute agreed to 24106512D-H1

House

Read second time

Feb 08, 2024

House

Read first time

Feb 06, 2024

House

Committee substitute printed 24106512D-H1

House

Reported from General Laws with substitute (11-Y 8-N)

Feb 01, 2024

House

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)

House

House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

Jan 29, 2024

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB1398)

Jan 26, 2024

House

Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection

Jan 17, 2024

House

Referred to Committee on General Laws

House

Presented and ordered printed 24104809D

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Presented and ordered printed 24104809D PDF HTML
Committee substitute printed 24106512D-H1 PDF HTML
HB1398ER PDF HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB1398FER122.PDF PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB1398FH1122.PDF PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB1398F122.PDF PDF
Amendment: HB1398AG HTML

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