HB 594 — Affordable housing developments, certain; expedited approval.
VA 20261 session
Expedited approval for certain affordable housing developments. Allows a locality, by ordinance, to authorize a zoning administrator to use an administrative process to approve rezoning applications for certain affordable housing developments. The bill requires that the affordable housing development comply with the Virginia Fair Housing Law, connect to a public or community water supply or sewage system, and be located within or adjacent to an area identified by the locality that could support increased density development and provide access to services. The bill also requires the locality, prior to the adoption of such ordinance, to advertise its intention to propose such ordinance within a certain period of time in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality. The bill allows the Department of Housing and Community Development to give a locality priority for any grants or loans administered by the Department if such locality demonstrates to the Department's satisfaction that its ordinance has met the provisions of the bill. Finally, the bill requires certain localities that adopt such ordinance to include in their annual local housing policy report to the Department a summary of the ordinance.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (28)
- Shelly A. Simonds (D, VA) — sponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Betsy B. Carr (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Laura Jane Cohen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael B. Feggans (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Dan I. Helmer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Paul E. Krizek (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Garrett McGuire (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kimberly Pope Adams (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David A. Reid (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Holly M. Seibold (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcus B. Simon (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (35)
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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 | Shelly A. Simonds (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Dan I. Helmer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | David A. Reid (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Garrett McGuire (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Holly M. Seibold (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Jessica L. Anderson (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Katrina Callsen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Kimberly Pope Adams (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Laura Jane Cohen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Lily V. Franklin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Marcus B. Simon (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Marty Martinez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Michael B. Feggans (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Nicole Cole (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