HB955
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; summary of rental agreement provisions.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Department of Housing and Community Development; summary of rental agreement provisions.
Requires landlords to include, upon request, a summary page with any written rental agreement offered to a prospective tenant that includes the duration of the lease, the amount of rent and the date upon which such rent shall be due, an explanation of any deposits and late fees that may ... (More) be charged, and any termination provisions. The bill also directs the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a sample summary page to be used by landlords to summarize the provisions of the lease agreement and to maintain such sample summary page on the Department's website in English and any language for which any locality in the Commonwealth regularly provides official government communications. The bill also requires any landlord who owns or manages more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in any locality in the Commonwealth that regularly provides official government communications in languages other than English to provide, upon request of a prospective tenant, such summary page in any of such languages using the sample summary page developed by the Director. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102394D
- 01/09/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/18/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB955)
- 01/26/2024 - House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 02/08/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/08/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/08/2024 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 8-N)
- 02/08/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24107377D-H1
- 02/11/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107377D-H1
- 02/12/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB955H1
- 02/13/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/13/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/26/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB955H1)
- 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 by for the day
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/25/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/25/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB955ER)
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/2024 - House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/08/2024 - House: Governor's substitute printed 24109380D-H2
- 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
