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2024 SESSION
HB 996 VA Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, etc.; definitions, notice of tenant screening criteria.
Introduced by: Bonita G. Anthony | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; notice of tenant screening criteria. Requires landlords governed by the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act or Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act to provide applicants for tenancy with (i) the amount and purpose of fees to be charged to such applicant, (ii) information that will be used to assess such applicant's eligibility for tenancy, and (iii) any criteria that may result in automatic denial of an application. The bill requires such landlords to notify applicants of certain rights protected by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act if the landlord takes an adverse action, as defined in the bill, after reviewing an application. Finally, the bill requires such landlords to refund any funds received in excess of the landlord's actual expenses and damages, after the landlord's rejection of an application or an applicant's failure to rent a unit upon being notified of his eligibility for tenancy.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101181D pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106798D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB996ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101181D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/26/24 House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 02/01/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/06/24 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (10-Y 9-N)
- 02/06/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106798D-H1
- 02/06/24 House: Incorporates HB1271 (Callsen)
- 02/08/24 House: Read first time
- 02/09/24 House: Read second time
- 02/09/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106798D-H1
- 02/09/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB996H1
- 02/12/24 House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/12/24 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/24 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB996ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/17/24 House: House rejected Governor's recommendation (0-Y 99-N)
- 04/17/24 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 04/17/24 House: Communicated to Governor
- 04/17/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024