# Virginia SB132: Agritourism purposes; Bd. of HCD to review regulations for temporary tents.

Virginia SB132, Agritourism purposes; Bd. of HCD to review regulations for temporary tents., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Christie New Craig (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-08 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-06).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB132
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Agritourism purposes; Bd. of HCD to review regulations for temporary tents.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-06
- Last action: 2026-04-08, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417)
- Sponsor: Christie New Craig (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 8 (242 yes, 6 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 HB 735.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Review to let farm tents stay 12 months: benefit, low. The law requires the Virginia Board of Housing and Community Development to review the Statewide Fire Prevention Code, including 13VAC5-52-360. The review considers letting temporary tents for agritourism stay up to 12 months at one site. Current fire code rules remain in place until the Board fini…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Christie New Craig (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-24 | House | Passed House | pass | 93 | 5 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | Reported from General Laws | pass | 20 | 1 |   |
| 2026-02-16 | Senate | General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-16 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-16 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-13 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-13 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 36 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute | pass | 15 | 0 |   |

## Actions (32)

- 2026-04-08: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417) (Governor)
- 2026-04-08: Approved by Governor-Chapter 417 (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 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB132) (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB132ER) (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-02-24: Passed House (93-Y 5-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-24: Read third time (House)
- 2026-02-23: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB132) (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Read second time (House)
- 2026-02-19: Reported from General Laws (20-Y 1-N) (House)
- 2026-02-19: Referred to Committee on General Laws (House)
- 2026-02-19: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-19: Placed on Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-16: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: Read second time (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Committee substitute printed 26105583D-S1 (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Senate committee offered (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB132) (Senate)
- 2026-01-06: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology (Senate)
- 2026-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102595D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2026-04-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217959.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217958.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2026-02-26: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178943.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178942.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-02-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142966.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142965.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-02-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142538.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142537.PDF)
- Introduced, 2026-01-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082962.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082961.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers. (signed)
- SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- SB128: Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty. (signed)
- HB1444: Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; created, report, membership. (signed)
- HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217959.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217958.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178943.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178942.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142966.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142965.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142538.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142537.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082962.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082961.PDF)

## Related
- [HB20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB20-2026)
- [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026)
- [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026)
- [SB128: Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB128-2026)
- [HB1444: Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; created, report, membership.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1444-2026)
- [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB132-2026 (as of 2026-11-06).