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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2533: Counties, cities, and towns; comprehensive plan may include tiny homes or accessory dwelling units.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2533 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Counties, cities, and towns; comprehensive plan may include tiny homes or accessory dwelling units. Primary sponsor: Briana Sewell (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 24, 2025): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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. This bill incorporates HB 1832.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Briana SewellPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Shelly SimondsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Josh ThomasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570)
  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 570 (Effective 07/01/25)
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  4. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
  5. Signed by President
  6. Signed by Speaker
  7. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2533ER)
  8. Enrolled
  9. Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
  10. Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N)
  11. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
  12. Local Government Substitute agreed to

Showing 12 most recent of 32 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source