HB442
Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; payment plan.
Requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, before terminating a rental agreement due to nonpayment of rent if the exact amount of rent owed is less than or equal to one month's ... (More) rent plus any late charges contracted for in the rental agreement and as provided by law, to serve upon such tenant a written notice informing the tenant of the exact amount due and owed and offer the tenant a payment plan under which the tenant must pay the exact amount due and owed in equal monthly installments over a period of the lesser of six months or the time remaining under the rental agreement. The bill prohibits the landlord from charging any additional late fees during the payment plan period in connection with the unpaid rental amount for which the tenant entered into the payment plan so long as the tenant makes timely payments in accordance with the terms of the payment plan. The bill also outlines the remedies a landlord has if a tenant fails to pay the exact amount due and owed or enter into a payment plan within five days of receiving notice or if a tenant enters into a payment plan and after such plan becomes effective fails to pay rent when due or fails to make a payment under the terms of the agreed-upon payment plan. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100052D
- 01/08/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/17/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB442)
- 01/26/2024 - House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/29/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/01/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/06/2024 - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (10-Y 9-N)
- 02/08/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/09/2024 - House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/09/2024 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB442E
- 02/09/2024 - House: Printed as engrossed 24100052D-E
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 49-N)
- 02/12/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/12/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB442E)
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)
- 03/01/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/07/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB442ER)
- 03/07/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB442ER)
- 03/07/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/05/2024 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/2024 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
