# Virginia HB922: County manager plan of government; affordable dwelling unit ordinance.

Virginia HB922, County manager plan of government; affordable dwelling unit ordinance., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Alfonso H. Lopez (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-HB922-2027
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB922
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: County manager plan of government; affordable dwelling unit ordinance.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Alfonso H. Lopez (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Subcommittee #3
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

County manager plan of government; affordable dwelling unit ordinance. Increases local authority over affordable housing for counties that have adopted the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) by (i) potentially increasing the cash contribution to the county's affordable housing fund by developers in lieu of providing affordable dwelling units and (ii) providing that applications for a special exception approval for a change of use of an existing building from commercial to residential may be subject to an affordable housing requirement.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Alfonso H. Lopez (Democratic), House

## Actions (6)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (House)
- 2026-01-30: Continued to 2027 in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-01-29: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2028 (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-01-28: Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 (House)
- 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns (House)
- 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102707D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228797.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228796.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228797.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228796.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [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-HB922-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).