# Virginia SB932: Counties, cities, and towns; comprehensive plan may include tiny homes or accessory dwelling units.

Virginia SB932, Counties, cities, and towns; comprehensive plan may include tiny homes or accessory dwelling units., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Saddam Azlan Salim (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-02-18 (Left in Rules) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB932-2025
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB932
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Counties, cities, and towns; comprehensive plan may include tiny homes or accessory dwelling units.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-06
- Last action: 2025-02-18, Left in Rules
- Sponsor: Saddam Azlan Salim (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (113 yes, 19 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Local comprehensive plan; tiny homes; accessory dwelling units. Clarifies that the comprehensive plan prepared by a local planning commission and adopted by a local governing body may include the use of tiny homes and accessory dwelling units, defined in the bill, as part of any residential development and use designated within such plan. The bill contains technical amendments.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Saddam Azlan Salim (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-07 | House | Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns | pass | 21 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-06 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate | pass | 30 | 10 |   |
| 2025-01-27 | Senate | Reported from Local Government with substitute | pass | 11 | 4 |   |
| 2025-01-14 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-13 | Senate | Reported from Local Government with amendments | pass | 6 | 5 | 2 |

## Actions (30)

- 2025-02-18: Left in Rules (House)
- 2025-02-11: Referred to Committee on Rules (House)
- 2025-02-11: Motion to refer to Rules agreed to (House)
- 2025-02-07: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-06: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-05: Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2 (House)
- 2025-02-04: Read first time (House)
- 2025-02-04: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns (House)
- 2025-02-04: Placed on Calendar (House)
- 2025-01-30: Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Local Government Substitute agreed to (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Reading of substitute waived (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Local Government Amendments rejected (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Read second time (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: Read second time (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Committee substitute printed 25106232D-S1 (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Reported from Local Government with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Incorporates SB1256(Stanley) (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Read second time (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Recommitted to Local Government (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Motion to recommit to Local Government agreed to (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Read second time (Senate)
- 2025-01-14: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-01-14: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2025-01-14: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: Reported from Local Government with amendments (6-Y 5-N 2-A) (Senate)
- 2025-01-06: Referred to Committee on Local Government (Senate)
- 2025-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102104D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Substitute, 2025-01-28: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031327.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031326.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-01-20: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023493.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023492.PDF)
- Amendment, 2025-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019307.HTML)
- Introduced, 2025-01-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013811.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013810.PDF)

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- HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted)
- SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed)
- HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed)
- HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed)
- SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed)
- HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor)

## Sources
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031327.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031326.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023493.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023492.PDF)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019307.HTML)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013811.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013810.PDF)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB932-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).