2026 Regular Session
HB573
Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt certain regulations related to affirmatively furthering fair housing; providing that certain discriminatory housing practices may be committed without intent; prohibiting a person from acting in a certain manner that has a discriminatory effect; and providing that certain conduct necessary to achieve certain nondiscriminatory interests does not constitute a certain violation.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 12, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
96 yea–36 nay · 4 not voting · 5 absent
April 9, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
29 yea–11 nay · 3 not voting · 4 absent
April 13, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
98 yea–34 nay · 8 not voting · 1 absent
April 13, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
33 yea–12 nay · 2 not voting
Committee referrals
March 13, 2026 · Senate
Judicial Proceedings
January 28, 2026 · House
Economic Matters
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 778
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House Passed Enrolled View roll call
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Senate Third Reading Passed (33-12) View roll call
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Senate Conference Committee Report {143424/1 Adopted View roll call
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House Third Reading Passed (98-34) View roll call
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House Conference Committee Report {143424/1 Adopted View roll call
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House Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, Henson and West)
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House Senate Refuses Recede
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Senate Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, Henson and West)
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Senate Senate Refuses Recede
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Senate House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Amprey, Charkoudian and Adams)
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Senate House Requests Senate Recede
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Senate House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
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House House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Amprey, Charkoudian and Adams)
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House House Requests Senate Recede
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House House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
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Senate Third Reading Passed (29-11) View roll call
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Senate Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Augustine) Adopted View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {403024/1 Adopted View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
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Senate Referred Judicial Proceedings
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House Third Reading Passed (96-36) View roll call
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House Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
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House Favorable Report by Economic Matters
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House Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Economic Matters