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2020 SESSION
HB 99 Va. Fair Housing Law; status as a victim of family abuse, etc.
Introduced by: Sam Rasoul | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Landlord and tenant; victims of family abuse; evidence to mitigate low credit score; damages. Allows an applicant for a lease to recover actual damages, including all amounts paid to the landlord as an application fee, application deposit, or reimbursement for any of the landlord's out-of-pocket expenses that were charged to the applicant, along with attorney fees, if the landlord does not consider evidence of the applicant's status as a victim of family abuse to mitigate any adverse effect of the otherwise qualified applicant's low credit score.
FULL TEXT
- 12/12/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100448D pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107595D-H1 pdf
- 02/10/20 House: Floor substitute printed 20108069D-H2 (Simon) pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB99ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 12/12/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100448D
- 12/12/19 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)
- 02/04/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107595D-H1
- 02/04/20 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Read first time
- 02/06/20 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/07/20 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/20 House: Floor substitute printed 20108069D-H2 (Simon)
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee on General Laws substitute rejected 20107595D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Substitute by Delegate Simon agreed to 20108069D-H2
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB99H2
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House (80-Y 20-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage (80-Y 20-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/19/20 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/20 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/27/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB99ER)
- 02/27/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/06/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- 03/06/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 03/23/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 388 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/23/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388)