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2023 SESSION

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HB 1725 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 INTRODUCED:

Virginia Fair Housing Law; use of assistance animal in a dwelling; penalties. Prohibits certain persons from providing fraudulent supporting documentation to evince the existence of a disability or disability-related need for a person requesting a reasonable accommodation with respect to the use of an assistance animal in a dwelling. The bill adds a violation of such prohibition as a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102613D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/20/23  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1725ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/23/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102613D
• 01/09/23  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/16/23  House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
• 01/19/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/23  House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/23  House: Read first time
• 01/27/23  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/30/23  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/23  House: VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/31/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/08/23  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 02/08/23  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/14/23  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/23  Senate: Read third time
• 02/15/23  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/23  House: Enrolled
• 02/20/23  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1725ER)
• 02/20/23  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/21/23  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/02/23  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
• 03/02/23  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
• 03/23/23  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 439 (effective 7/1/23)
• 03/23/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439)