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2022 SESSION

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HB 586 Virginia Fair Housing Law; use of assistance animal in a dwelling, penalties.

Introduced by: Schuyler T. VanValkenburg | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Virginia Fair Housing Law; use of assistance animal in a dwelling; penalties. Makes it a Class 4 misdemeanor, with respect to the Virginia Fair Housing Law, for a person to knowingly and willfully misrepresent himself as needing an assistance animal. The bill provides an exception for any person, federal or state agency, or private organization participating in fair housing testing, defined in the bill, for the purpose of investigating allegations of housing discrimination. The bill also prohibits any person from providing supporting documentation in an attempt to verify the existence of a disability or disability-related need for a person seeking a reasonable accommodation in a dwelling if he does not have a therapeutic relationship with the person requesting the reasonable accommodation and provides that a violation of this provision constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102323D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/03/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22105939D-H1  pdf | impact statement

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

• 01/11/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102323D
• 01/11/22  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/21/22  House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
• 01/27/22  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/22  House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22105939D-H1
• 02/07/22  House: Read first time
• 02/08/22  House: Read second time
• 02/08/22  House: Committee substitute agreed to 22105939D-H1
• 02/08/22  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB586H1
• 02/09/22  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/22  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/10/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 03/02/22  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (11-Y 4-N)