SB597
Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority, comprehensive plan.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority; comprehensive plan.
Authorizes any locality in the Commonwealth to provide for an affordable housing dwelling unit program by amending the zoning ordinance of such locality. Current law restricts such authorization to counties with an urban county executive form of government or county manager plan of government and certain other localities. This bill ... (More) has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2024 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103099D
- 01/10/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/31/2024 - Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Local Government
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB597E
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 24103099D-E
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/15/2024 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/15/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/19/2024 - House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 02/22/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/22/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/22/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/27/2024 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/27/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24107942D-H1
- 02/29/2024 - House: Read second time
- 03/01/2024 - House: Read third time
- 03/01/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107942D-H1
- 03/01/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB597H1
- 03/01/2024 - House: Passed House with substitute (52-Y 52-N)
- 03/01/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 03/06/2024 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/06/2024 - House: House requested conference committee
- 03/07/2024 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2024 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/07/2024 - Senate: Senators: McPike, Subramanyam, Hackworth
- 03/07/2024 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/07/2024 - House: Delegates: Krizek, Cole, Coyner
- 03/08/2024 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 48-N)
- 03/08/2024 - House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 48-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/08/2024 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/08/2024 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB597ER)
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/2024 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/2024 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/2024 - Senate: Passed by for the day
