HB 4 — Affordable housing; preservation, definitions, civil penalty.
VA 20261 session
Preservation of affordable housing; definitions; civil penalty. Creates a framework for localities to preserve affordable housing by exercising a right of first refusal on publicly supported housing, defined in the bill. The bill authorizes localities to adopt an ordinance that requires an owner to accept a right of first refusal offer by the locality or qualified designee, defined in the bill, in order to preserve affordable housing for at least 15 years. The bill requires that any locality with a population greater than 3,500 adopting such an ordinance to preserve affordable housing submit an annual report to the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to existing law.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (30)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — sponsor
- Gretchen M. Bulova (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Laura Jane Cohen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark C. Downey (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael B. Feggans (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Margaret A. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adele Y. McClure (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Garrett McGuire (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kimberly Pope Adams (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Briana D. Sewell (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (32)
- · house · H4020 —
- · house · H1101 —
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- · house · H1105 —
- · house · H4110 —
- · house · H4122 —
- · house · H5000 —
- · senate · S4140 —
- · senate · S1201 —
- · senate · S1212 —
- · senate · S1205 —
- · senate · S4150 —
- · senate · S4145 —
- · senate · S4160 —
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- · senate · S4130 —
- · senate · S4160 —
- · senate · S4130 —
- · senate · S4130 —
- · senate · S4130 —
- · senate · S5100 —
- · house · H5610 —
- · house · H5601 —
- · senate · S5620 —
- · house · H7010 —
- · G7010 —
- · house · H5620 —
- · house · H7010 —
- · G7010 —
- · G7050 —
- · G9998 —
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Briana D. Sewell (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Garrett McGuire (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Gretchen M. Bulova (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Jackie H. Glass (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Katrina Callsen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Kimberly Pope Adams (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Laura Jane Cohen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Lily V. Franklin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Margaret A. Franklin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Mark C. Downey (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Marty Martinez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | May Nivar (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Michael B. Feggans (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no