HB1688
Short-term rentals; compliance; civil penalty.
Summary
As Introduced. Short-term rentals; compliance; civil penalty.
Authorizes localities to notify an accommodations intermediary that a short-term rental on its platform is not lawfully authorized to be offered on its platform. The accommodations intermediary shall remove any such listing from its platform within seven days of receiving notice and shall provide a refund to any customer reserving ... (More) such listing. Under the bill, any accommodations intermediary who does not remove such a listing from its platform shall be subject to a civil penalty of $1,000, to be paid into the Virginia Housing Trust Fund. Any such listing required to be removed shall remain unlisted until the accommodations intermediary has been notified by the locality that the short-term rental has been brought into compliance. Once the locality determines that a delisted short-term rental has been brought into compliance, the locality shall have seven days to notify the accommodations intermediary of the change in status. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/03/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101999D
- 01/03/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/13/2025 - House: Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/16/2025 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 01/24/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2025 - House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
