HB588
VA Residential Landlord &Tenant Act; fire/casualty damage, landlord requirements for termination.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage; termination by landlord.
Requires a landlord, prior to giving a tenant 21 days' notice of his intention to terminate the rental agreement for a dwelling unit that has been damaged or destroyed by fire or casualty, to (i) make a reasonable effort to meet with the tenant to discuss reasonable alternatives and to ... (More) offer the tenant a substantially similar unit, if one is available, or (ii) determine that the damage was caused by the tenant's failure to maintain the dwelling unit in accordance with certain provisions. Current law allows the landlord to terminate such agreement by giving the tenant 14 days' notice of his intention to terminate on the basis of the landlord's determination that such damage requires the removal of the tenant and that the use of the premises is substantially impaired. The bill requires the landlord, upon receiving a request from the tenant after the tenant has received such notice, to reevaluate the extent of damage and habitability of such unit unless the landlord has determined that the damage was caused by the tenant's failure to maintain the dwelling unit. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104482D
- 01/09/2024 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/19/2024 - House: Referred from Courts of Justice
- 01/19/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/23/2024 - House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/24/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB588)
- 01/25/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/25/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/2024 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24106219D-H1
- 02/01/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB588H1)
- 02/01/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/02/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/02/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106219D-H1
- 02/02/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB588H1
- 02/05/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (69-Y 29-N)
- 02/05/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (69-Y 29-N)
- 02/05/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (69-Y 29-N)
- 02/06/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/16/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N)
- 02/22/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 02/22/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB588ER)
- 02/22/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB588ER)
- 02/22/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/01/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
- 03/01/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
- 03/08/2024 - House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 03/09/2024 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/09/2024 - House: Passed by until Reconvene, Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- 04/17/2024 - House: House rejected Governor's recommendation (0-Y 100-N)
- 04/17/2024 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
- 04/17/2024 - House: Communicated to Governor
- 04/17/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024
