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2014 SESSION
HB 638 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant's noncompliance, death of tenant.
Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant's noncompliance; death of tenant. Provides that the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act may also be cited as the "Virginia Rental Housing Act." The bill also allows a landlord, regardless of whether or not a lawsuit is filed or an order obtained from a court, to recover the following if the rental agreement so provides: (i) rent due and owing as contracted for in the rental agreement, (ii) other charges and fees as contracted for in the rental agreement, (iii) late charges contracted for in the rental agreement, (iv) reasonable attorney fees as contracted for in the rental agreement or as provided by law, (v) costs of the proceeding as contracted for in the rental agreement or as provided by law only if court action has been filed, and (vi) damages to the dwelling unit or premises as contracted in the rental agreement. The bill also requires, in an action for breach of the rental agreement or noncompliance by the tenant, the court to award a money judgment to the landlord if the landlord prevails and specifies what is to be awarded by the court, unless in any such action, the tenant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the tenant's failure to pay rent or vacate was reasonable. The bill also provides that in the event of the death of a tenant who is the sole occupant of the dwelling unit, the rental agreement is deemed to be terminated by the landlord as of the date of death and provides that the estate of the tenant remains liable for actual damages.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101962D pdf
- 01/30/14 House: Committee substitute printed 14104550D-H1 pdf
- 03/04/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB638ER) pdf
- 05/23/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0813) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101962D
- 01/07/14 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/10/14 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/28/14 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/14 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/14 House: Committee substitute printed 14104550D-H1
- 02/03/14 House: Read first time
- 02/04/14 House: Read second time
- 02/04/14 House: Committee substitute agreed to 14104550D-H1
- 02/04/14 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB638H1
- 02/05/14 House: Read third time and passed House (92-Y 0-N 3-A)
- 02/05/14 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (92-Y 0-N 3-A)
- 02/06/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/24/14 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/14 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/14 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/14 House: Enrolled
- 03/04/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB638ER)
- 03/04/14 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/14 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/06/14 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/22/14 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/23/14 House: House rejected Governor's recommendation (0-Y 96-N)
- 04/23/14 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N)
- 04/23/14 House: Communicated to Governor
- 05/23/14 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 813 (effective 7/1/14)
- 05/23/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0813)