# Virginia HB1430: Residential development; authorizes any locality to impose impact fees.

Virginia HB1430, Residential development; authorizes any locality to impose impact fees., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Rae Cousins (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1430-2027
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB1430
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Residential development; authorizes any locality to impose impact fees.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Rae Cousins (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Subcommittee #3
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Impact fees; residential development. Authorizes any locality to impose impact fees on certain residential developments in order to defray the costs of constructing public facilities necessitated by those developments. Under current law, such impact fees have limited applicability and may be imposed only by those counties that have established urban transportation service districts. The bill also deletes provisions of current law that narrow the scope of included public facilities for localities in the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Rae Cousins (Democratic), House

## Actions (6)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (House)
- 2026-02-06: Continued to 2027 in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-02-05: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2028 (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-02-03: Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 (House)
- 2026-01-22: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns (House)
- 2026-01-22: Presented and ordered printed 26102796D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-22: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231083.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231082.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231083.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231082.PDF)

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- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1430-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).