HB 2781 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Affordable housing; counties with executive form of government.

Summary

Affordable housing; county executive form of government. Adds counties with the county executive form of government to the list of localities with authority to provide for an affordable dwelling unit program. Albemarle County, which is already granted such authority under current law, and Prince William County are the only counties that have adopted such form of government.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Sub-Topics: Affordable Housing

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Vetoed

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 1 edit · Feb 22, 2025

MINOR

This bill has progressed from introduction to enrollment, meaning it has been fully approved by the General Assembly and is now law. The substantive policy content of the affordable housing ordinance remains unchanged; the differences are purely formatting and presentation changes between the introduced draft and the final enrolled version.

TECHNICAL

Removed introductory session information and committee referral text; added official enrolled formatting including chapter number, bill number, approval date, and final legislative markings.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 40

Feb 14, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

15 Yea 4

78% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Vetoed

House sustained Governor's veto

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Feb 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2781ER)

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (71-Y 25-N)

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 3-N)

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred from General Laws and referred to Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Presented and ordered printed 25105317D

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors