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SB 391 Housing; installation and maintenance of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rental property.
Introduced by: George L. Barker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Housing; installation and maintenance of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Creates a statewide standard for the installation and maintenance of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rental property. The bill requires a landlord (i) to install a smoke alarm but does not permit a locality to require new or additional wiring or the upgrading of smoke alarms under certain conditions and (ii) to certify annually that smoke alarms have been installed and maintained in good working order in a residential dwelling unit pursuant to the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) and the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§ 36-97 et seq.). The landlord is also required to install a carbon monoxide alarm upon request by a tenant; the installation and subsequent maintenance must be in compliance with the Statewide Fire Prevention Code and the Uniform Statewide Building Code. A tenant of a rental dwelling unit with a smoke alarm or both smoke and carbon monoxide alarms shall not tamper or remove such alarms. Under the bill, a reasonable accommodation must be made for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, upon request. Localities that have enacted a fire and carbon monoxide alarm ordinance must conform such ordinances with these state standards by July 1, 2019. The bill also requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with the Department of Fire Programs, to develop a form for landlords for use in certifying inspections that summarizes smoke alarm maintenance requirements for landlords and tenants. The bill, as introduced, is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill incorporates SB 743 and is identical to HB 609.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101367D pdf | impact statement
- 01/22/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105785D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB391ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0081) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101367D
- 01/09/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/22/18 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105785D-S1
- 01/23/18 Senate: Incorporates SB743 (DeSteph)
- 01/24/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/18 Senate: Read second time
- 01/25/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/25/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18105785D-S1
- 01/25/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB391S1
- 01/26/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/31/18 House: Read first time
- 01/31/18 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/15/18 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 House: Read second time
- 02/20/18 House: Read third time
- 02/20/18 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB391ER)
- 02/22/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- 02/26/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- 03/02/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 81 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/02/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0081)