VA HB708 | 2026 | Regular Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-02-18 - Left in Committee Counties, Cities and Towns
Pending: House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 13 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-02-18 - Left in Committee Counties, Cities and Towns
Pending: House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Timely local decision on certain land use permits; incentives and penalties. Requires that the average time period required for a locality to take final action to approve, approve with conditions, or deny all by-right permit applications from the date of submission of such applications to the locality shall not exceed 12 months. The bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct semiannual compliance reviews of each locality and to publish and transmit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report identifying each locality as compliant or noncompliant for the applicable review period. The bill provides that any locality determined by the Department to be compliant for the preceding 12-month period shall be eligible to receive a state grant sufficient to fund one full-time equivalent position within the locality's planning department. The bill further provides that if the Department determines that a locality is noncompliant during a review period, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall reduce program fund allocations from the Commonwealth Transportation Fund to any project within the boundaries of such noncompliant locality by two percent for the following fiscal year.
Title
Timely local decision on certain land use permits; incentives and penalties.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2026-01-23 - House - Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | House | Left in Committee Counties, Cities and Towns |
| 2026-01-26 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB708) |
| 2026-01-23 | House | Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (5-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-01-22 | House | Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 |
| 2026-01-13 | House | Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns |
| 2026-01-13 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104992D |
