Virginia Senate Bill 62 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2014 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-03-04 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Residential Improved Accessibility and Universal Visitability Grant Program. Establishes a grant program for homeowners and contractors for the purchase or construction of new residences or renovations to existing residences designed to improve accessibility or to provide universal visitability. The grant program would be administered by the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development. Subject to funds being appropriated by the General Assembly, the Director would be authorized to award up to $1 million in grants each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2016. The maximum grant allowed would be (i) $5,000 for the purchase or construction of a new residence or (ii) 50 percent of the amount expended, but not to exceed $5,000, for the retrofitting or renovation of an existing residence. The Director each fiscal year would allocate $500,000 in grants for the purchase or construction of new residences and $500,000 in grants for the retrofitting or renovation of existing residences.

Residences; grants for purchasing or expending money on existing property to improve accessibility.

Sen. Dave Marsden [D]

Sen. Linda Puller [D]

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

2014-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-04	House	Left in Appropriations
2014-02-19	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2014-02-19	House	Referred from Finance by voice vote
2014-02-18	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
2014-02-12	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2014-02-12	House	Read first time
2014-02-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-02-10	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-07	Senate	Printed as engrossed 14104734D-ES1
2014-02-07	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB62ES1
2014-02-07	Senate	Amendments by Senator Puller agreed to
2014-02-07	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2014-02-07	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 14104734D-S1
2014-02-07	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2014-02-07	Senate	Read second time
2014-02-06	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute printed 14104734D-S1
2014-02-04	Senate	Reported from Finance with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
2013-12-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance
2013-12-18	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101954D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	339.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SB62
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB62+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB62S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB62ES1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S05V0113+SB0062
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0285SB0062+SB0062
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0329SB0062+SB0062