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1994 SESSION

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HB 1261 Property and conveyances; self-help evictions.

Introduced by: James F. Almand | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Property and conveyances; self-help evictions. Prohibits landlords from willfully diminishing or interrupting such essential services as utilities or refusing a tenant access to the rental unit except pursuant to a writ of possession. Although self-help evictions are currently prohibited under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, as many as 35 percent of Virginia's rental units are not covered by the Act. The bill is a recommendation of the Housing Study Commission.

FULL TEXT

• 01/25/94  House: Presented and ordered printed  pdf
• 03/21/94  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1261ER)  pdf
• 04/12/94  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/25/94  House: Presented and ordered printed
• 01/25/94  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/28/94  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/94  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/31/94  House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 1
• 02/12/94  House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/94  House: Read first time
• 02/14/94  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/15/94  House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/94  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/94  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/16/94  Senate: Read first time
• 02/16/94  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 03/02/94  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 03/03/94  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/94  Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/94  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/94  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/94  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/21/94  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1261ER)
• 03/28/94  House: Enrolled
• 03/29/94  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/30/94  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/09/94  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 583 (effective 7/1/94)
• 04/12/94  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)