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2020 SESSION
HB 393 Landlord and tenant; statement of tenant rights and responsibilities.
Introduced by: Jeion A. Ward | 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 SB 707.
FULL TEXT
- 01/02/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101625D pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107130D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20109168D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB393ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0985) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/02/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101625D
- 01/02/20 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/15/20 House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/30/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/20 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/04/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107130D-H1
- 02/04/20 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
- 02/04/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/05/20 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 02/05/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/20 House: Read first time
- 02/07/20 House: Read second time
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107130D-H1
- 02/07/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB393H1
- 02/10/20 House: Read third time and passed House (70-Y 27-N)
- 02/10/20 House: VOTE: Passage (70-Y 27-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/19/20 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/26/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 1-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20109168D-S1
- 02/27/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/28/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20109168D-S1
- 02/28/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB393S1
- 02/28/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 6-N)
- 03/02/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/02/20 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 20109168D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
- 03/02/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
- 03/03/20 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 2-N)
- 03/03/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/04/20 House: House acceded to request
- 03/04/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/04/20 House: Delegates: Ward, Simon, Miyares
- 03/05/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senators: McClellan, Hashmi, Kiggans
- 03/05/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 10-N)
- 03/07/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N)
- 03/07/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 35-N)
- 03/18/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB393ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 House: 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 985 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0985)