Virginia 2024-2025 Housing Preemption Bills (Status: None Enacted) (VA)
Tracked preemption from the Virginia overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
2026-05-19
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:VA
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Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
never true
Preempted fields
0 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
Citation
Authority source
2024 Regular Session HB 900 (ADUs), HB 636 (energy facility state-override), SB 304 (ADUs); LIS bill tracking
§ 2024 Session bills (continued to 2025)
Research notes
DOCUMENTATION-ONLY RECORD (trigger_predicate=never; no preemptive effect). Virginia, as the strictest Dillon's Rule state, has NOT enacted any of the missing-middle / ADU / single-family-upzoning preemption bills introduced 2023-2024. Key bills that FAILED or were continued: (1) HB 900 (2024, Bulova) — would have required by-right ADUs in all single-family zones with $100 permit-fee cap; continued to 2025 with substitute in House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee 2/2/2024 and died. (2) SB 304 (2024, Salim) — ADU companion with $250 fee cap; continued to 2025 in House CC&T 2/23/2024 and died. (3) HB 636 (2024, Sullivan) — utility-scale energy facility state-override of local zoning; continued to 2025 in Labor and Commerce 2/8/2024 and died. As of 2026-05-19 Virginia retains full local zoning authority over residential density, ADUs, and single-family district boundaries. Any future preemption record should be added here and the trigger_predicate updated. Recurrent themes in opposition: VML/VACo opposition, local-control rhetoric, and limited rural-jurisdiction interest in upzoning frameworks designed for urban markets.