SB 504 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Vested rights; rulings or orders of the local circuit court, residential project.

Summary
Vested rights; rulings or orders of the local circuit court. Provides that a landowner's vested rights in a specific residential project shall not be affected by a subsequent ruling or order of the local circuit court applicable to a zoning ordinance amendment when such ruling or order affects at least 25 individual parcels within a locality unless the significant affirmative governmental act approving such residential project is the direct subject of the ruling or order.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Signed Apr 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

Engrossed Enrolled · 1 edit · Mar 31, 2026
MINOR
The bill was converted from an 'Engrossed' version to an 'Enrolled' version, which is the final form signed by the Governor. The substantive text of the law remains identical, but the formatting was cleaned up to remove placeholder lines and standardize the layout for official publication.
TECHNICAL

Removed placeholder lines, session headers, and committee references; standardized line breaks and spacing for the final official record.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 16, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 11, 2026

How they voted

380
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Feb 16, 2026
D Democratic20
19 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
12
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 948 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB504ER)
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (63-Y 36-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (10-Y 2-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 26, 2026
Committee
Rereferred from Local Government to Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Creigh Deeds
Creigh Deeds
DDemocratic
VA
11