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SB 707 Landlord and tenant; statement of tenant rights and responsibilities.
Introduced by: Jennifer L. McClellan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Landlord and tenant; tenant rights and responsibilities. Requires the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a statement of tenant rights and responsibilities explaining in plain language the rights and responsibilities of tenants under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (§ 55.1-1200 et seq.) and maintain such statement on the Department's website along with a form to be signed by the parties to a rental agreement. The bill requires that the statement be provided to any prospective tenant and that the form developed by the Department be signed by the parties to the rental agreement. The bill prohibits a landlord from filing or maintaining an action against a tenant in a court of law for any alleged lease violation until he has provided the tenant with the statement of tenant rights and responsibilities. This bill is identical to HB 393.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105101D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106406D-S1 pdf
- 02/07/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20106406D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108620D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB707ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0986) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105101D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/29/20 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106406D-S1
- 01/29/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/05/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 3-N)
- 02/06/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/07/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/07/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20106406D-S1
- 02/07/20 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/07/20 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/07/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB707ES1
- 02/07/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20106406D-ES1
- 02/10/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 10-N)
- 02/18/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/20 House: Read first time
- 02/18/20 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/18/20 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 5-N)
- 02/18/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108620D-H1
- 02/20/20 House: Read second time
- 02/21/20 House: Read third time
- 02/21/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20108620D-H1
- 02/21/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB707H1
- 02/21/20 House: Passed House with substitute (59-Y 38-N)
- 02/21/20 House: VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N)
- 02/25/20 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N)
- 02/26/20 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/26/20 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/28/20 Senate: Senate acceded to request (36-Y 2-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/28/20 Senate: Senators: McClellan, Hashmi, Kiggans
- 03/02/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/02/20 House: Delegates: Ward, Simon, Miyares
- 03/05/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 11-N)
- 03/08/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 40-N)
- 03/08/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 40-N)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB707ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/09/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 986 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0986)