HB1638
Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; affordable housing, criminal record screening model policy.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
House: House sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Cliff Hayes (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; affordable housing; criminal record screening model policy.
Requires the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, with input from a stakeholder group convened by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to develop a criminal record screening model policy for admitting or denying an applicant for affordable housing covered under the Virginia Residential Landlord and ... (More) Tenant Act in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's guidance on the application of the federal Fair Housing Act and maintain such model policy on its website. The bill prohibits a landlord of an affordable housing unit from inquiring about or requiring disclosure of, or if such information is received, basing an adverse action, in whole or in part, on an applicant's criminal or arrest record unless the landlord does so in accordance with the criminal record screening model policy developed by the Department of Housing and Community Development and posted on its website and provides the applicant with a written copy of such policy. The provisions of the bill other than the creation of the stakeholder group have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/03/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102242D
- 01/03/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/13/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/14/2025 - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/16/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/17/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/17/2025 - House: General Laws Amendments agreed to
- 01/17/2025 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 01/17/2025 - House: Printed as engrossed 25102242D-E
- 01/20/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N) Close Floor Vote
- 01/21/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1638)
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 15-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/12/2025 - House: Passed by for the day
- 02/13/2025 - House: Senate Amendment agreed to by House (Y-53 N-44 A-0) Close Floor Vote
- 02/18/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 02/18/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1638ER)
- 02/18/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1638)
- 02/18/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2024
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's Veto Received by House
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
