HB 1130 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Workforce housing for employees; county bd. of supervisor or school bd., lease of surplus property.

Summary
Workforce housing for employees of a county or county school board; lease of surplus property. Allows any county board of supervisors or county school board to lease as lessor surplus or underutilized property. The bill provides that such leases shall be conditioned on the development of workforce housing serving employees of the county or school division with up to 80 percent of area median household income. The bill also prohibits establishment of a minimum lot size exceeding 5,000 square feet for such workforce housing and provides that the placement of manufactured houses that are on a permanent foundation and on individual lots shall be permitted subject to development standards that are equivalent to those applicable to site-built single-family dwellings.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Signed Apr 13, 2026
Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

Local Government Substitute Enrolled · 2 edits · Mar 13, 2026
MINOR
The bill was finalized as an Enrolled Act, moving from a Senate Substitute version. The substantive policy language regarding workforce housing grants, property leasing, and manufactured housing standards remains unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to the section headers and legal citations.
TECHNICAL

Updated the bill status header from 'Senate Substitute' to 'Enrolled' and added the official Act title and approval notice.

Adjusted spacing in the section header and legal citation for the Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Law to match standard formatting.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 5, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed
Total votes 39
Mar 3, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 740 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1130ER)
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N 0-A)
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (18-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of David Reid
David Reid
DDemocratic
VA
28