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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 5088 Virginia Residential Landlord &Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; payment plan. Changes from five to 14 days the amount of time that landlords who own four or fewer rental dwelling units must wait after serving written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement. The bill requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units, or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, before terminating a rental agreement due to nonpayment of rent, to serve upon such tenant a written notice informing the tenant of the total amount due and owed and offer the tenant a payment plan under which the tenant must pay the total amount due and owed in equal monthly installments over a period of the lesser of six months or the time remaining under the rental agreement. The bill also outlines the remedies a landlord has if a tenant fails to pay the total amount due and owed or enter into a payment arrangement within 14 days of receiving notice or if the tenant enters into a payment arrangement but fails to pay within 14 days of the due date any rent that becomes due under the payment plan or arrangement after such plan or arrangement becomes effective. The bill clarifies that a tenant is not precluded from participating in any other rent relief programs available to the tenant through a nonprofit organization or under the provisions of a federal, state, or local law, regulation, or action. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2021. This bill incorporates SB 5086 and is identical to HB 5064.
FULL TEXT
- 08/17/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200827D pdf
- 08/19/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20200860D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 09/21/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20201225D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 10/16/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5088ER) pdf | impact statement
- 11/09/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB5088ER2) pdf
- 11/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 08/17/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200827D
- 08/17/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 08/19/20 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 08/19/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20200860D-S1
- 08/19/20 Senate: Incorporates SB5086 (Bell)
- 08/20/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 08/26/20 Senate: Read second time
- 08/26/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 08/26/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20200860D-S1
- 08/26/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5088S1
- 08/27/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 0-N)
- 09/17/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 09/17/20 House: Read first time
- 09/17/20 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 09/21/20 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 09/21/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20201225D-H1
- 09/24/20 House: Read second time
- 09/25/20 House: Read third time
- 09/25/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20201225D-H1
- 09/25/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5088H1
- 09/25/20 House: Passed House with substitute (55-Y 42-N)
- 09/25/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N)
- 10/02/20 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
- 10/07/20 House: House insisted on substitute
- 10/07/20 House: House requested conference committee
- 10/07/20 Senate: Senate acceded to request (34-Y 2-N)
- 10/07/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 10/07/20 Senate: Senators: Ebbin, Bell, Boysko
- 10/07/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 10/07/20 House: Delegates: Price, Bulova, Morefield
- 10/14/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 10/14/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 40-N)
- 10/14/20 House: VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 40-N)
- 10/14/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 12-N)
- 10/16/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 10/16/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5088ER)
- 10/16/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 10/16/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 10/21/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- 10/21/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- 10/28/20 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 11/09/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 and #2 (37-Y 2-N)
- 11/09/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 and #4 (22-Y 17-N)
- 11/09/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 41-N)
- 11/09/20 House: VOTE: (57-Y 41-N)
- 11/09/20 Governor: Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- 11/09/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 11/09/20 House: Reenrolled
- 11/09/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB5088ER2)
- 11/09/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 11/09/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 11/09/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 54 (effective 11/9/20)
- 11/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054)