HB 1279 — Affordable housing; religious organizations and other nonprofit tax-exempt properties.
VA 20261 session
Affordable housing; religious organizations and other nonprofit tax-exempt properties. Allows for the administrative approval of development and construction of housing on land owned by property tax-exempt religious organizations or certain property tax-exempt nonprofit organizations and provides that zoning ordinances shall allow the by-right development and construction of housing on real property owned by such organizations, subject to various conditions and limitations. The bill provides that the review of such developments be completed pursuant to general law and states that localities shall not require a special exception, special use permit, conditional use permit, rezoning, or any discretionary review or approval process. The bill requires that at least 60 percent of the housing development's total units be for affordable housing and that the housing development remain affordable for at least 30 years. The bill also provides that all such housing is subject to local real property taxation following completion, unless explicitly exempted by the locality. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027, and expires on January 1, 2031. This bill is identical to SB 388.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (11)
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — sponsor
- Adele Y. McClure (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Shelly A. Simonds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (52)
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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 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Nicole Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Patrick A. Hope (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Rae Cousins (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Shelly A. Simonds (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Virgil Thornton (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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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