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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2249 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord charges for security deposits.
Introduced by: Delores L. McQuinn | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord charges for security deposits, insurance premiums for damage insurance, and insurance premiums for renter's insurance; filing of information regarding resident agent appointed by nonresident property owner. Prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay a security deposit, insurance premiums for damage insurance, and insurance premiums for renter's insurance prior to the commencement of the tenancy that exceed the amount of two months' periodic rent. The bill permits a landlord, however, to add a monthly amount as additional rent to recover additional costs of such renter's insurance premiums. Finally, the bill requires nonresident property owners to file the name and office address of the agent appointed by such nonresident property owner in the office of the clerk of the State Corporation Commission. Under current law, such information must be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which deeds are recorded in the county or city in which the property lies.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102708D pdf
- 01/26/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103524D-H1 pdf
- 02/10/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200050D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2249ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/30/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0427) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102708D
- 01/13/21 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/17/21 House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/21/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
- 01/26/21 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/26/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103524D-H1
- 01/27/21 House: Read first time
- 01/28/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/01/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/21 House: Read second time
- 02/02/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103524D-H1
- 02/02/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2249H1
- 02/03/21 House: Read third time and passed House (56-Y 43-N)
- 02/03/21 House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N)
- 02/04/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200050D-S1
- 02/10/21 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 02/12/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/15/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/15/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21200050D-S1
- 02/15/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/16/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2249S1
- 02/16/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N)
- 02/18/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/21 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200050D-S1 ( 55-Y 43-N)
- 02/18/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N)
- 02/22/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2249ER)
- 02/22/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 02/25/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/30/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 427 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/30/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0427)