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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 646: Zoning; certified recovery residence.

In committee 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 646 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Zoning; certified recovery residence. Primary sponsor: Carrie E. Coyner. Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Counties, Cities and Towns.

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.

Zoning; certified recovery residence. Requires that a locality's zoning ordinances for all purposes shall consider a certified recovery residence in which individuals with substance use disorder reside as residential occupancy by a single family. The bill specifies that no conditions more restrictive than those imposed on residences occupied by persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption shall be imposed on such certified recovery residence.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Carrie E. CoynerPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
  2. Continued to 2025 in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
  3. Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
  4. Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #3
  5. Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100512D

Sources

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