Local authority; authorized by ordinance to establish affordable housing performance grant programs.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 15.2-4905 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-958.4:1, relating to local authority; affordable housing performance grant programs.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Local authority; affordable housing performance grant programs. Allows any locality that has created an industrial development authority or economic development authority (the Authority) to establish, by ordinance, an affordable housing performance grant program. The bill outlines that such ordinance authorizes the Authority to award affordable housing performance grants to qualifying applicants. Such an ordinance must include: (i) a definition of affordable housing; (ii) grant application guide
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 12, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 386 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
5
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Joshua E. ThomasJeremy S. McPikeKaren Keys-GamarraDestiny LeVere BollingSam Rasoul
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 25, N 15
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 40
Reported from Local Government (11-Y 4-N)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 11, N 4
Read third time and passed House (78-Y 21-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-01-29 · P · Y 78, N 21, X 1
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-23 · P · Y 19, X 2, N 1
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-22 · P · Y 8
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 386.