# Virginia HB735: Agritourism purposes; Bd. of HCD to review regulations for temporary tents. Virginia HB735, Agritourism purposes; Bd. of HCD to review regulations for temporary tents., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by James A. "Jay" Leftwich (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-08 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB735-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB735 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Agritourism purposes; Bd. of HCD to review regulations for temporary tents. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-04-08, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416) - Sponsor: James A. "Jay" Leftwich (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (207 yes, 9 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary Board of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code; temporary tents used for agritourism purposes. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to review the relevant regulations of the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code and consider amending such regulations to allow temporary tents used for agritourism purposes to remain in place for up to 12 months on a single site. This bill is identical to SB 132. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - State reviews agritourism tent limits: benefit, low. The law requires Virginia’s Board of Housing and Community Development to review fire code rules on temporary tents used for agritourism. The Board considers changes to let a temporary tent stay in place for up to 12 months on one site. This does not change the rules today. Any change takes effect… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: James A. "Jay" Leftwich (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-25 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology Block Vote | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 87 | 8 | | | 2026-02-12 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2026-02-12 | House | Reported from General Laws with substitute | pass | 20 | 1 | | ## Actions (31) - 2026-04-08: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416) (Governor) - 2026-04-08: Approved by Governor-Chapter 416 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor) - 2026-03-10: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor) - 2026-03-10: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-06: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB735) (House) - 2026-03-06: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB735ER) (House) - 2026-03-06: Enrolled (House) - 2026-03-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-03-02: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Read third time (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Reported from General Laws and Technology Block Vote (14-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB735) (House) - 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Read third time and passed House (87-Y 8-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-16: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2026-02-16: committee substitute agreed to (House) - 2026-02-16: Read second time (House) - 2026-02-15: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-12: Committee substitute printed 26107771D-H1 (House) - 2026-02-12: House subcommittee offered (House) - 2026-02-12: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-02-12: Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N) (House) - 2026-01-26: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB735) (House) - 2026-01-26: Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection (House) - 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on General Laws (House) - 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105197D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217951.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217950.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-03-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194231.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194230.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-02-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145470.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145274.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145163.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145469.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145162.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145273.PDF) - Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085687.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085686.PDF) ## Related bills - HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed) - HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed) - HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed) - HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217951.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217950.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194231.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194230.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145470.HTML) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145274.HTML) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145163.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145469.PDF) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145162.PDF) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145273.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085687.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085686.PDF) ## Related - [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026) - [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026) - [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026) - [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026) - [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026) - [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB735-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).