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2021 SESSION
HB 1981 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; access to dwelling unit during certain emergencies.
Introduced by: Betsy B. Carr | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; access to dwelling unit during certain declared states of emergency. Provides that a tenant shall be deemed to have reasonable justification for declining to permit a landlord or managing agent to exhibit the tenant's dwelling unit for sale or lease if the tenant has reasonable concern for his own health, or the health of any authorized occupant, during a state of emergency declared by the Governor in response to a communicable disease of public health threat and the tenant has provided written notice to the landlord informing the landlord of such concern. The bill requires the tenant in such circumstances to provide to the landlord or managing agent a video tour of the dwelling unit or other acceptable substitute for exhibiting the dwelling unit for sale or lease. The bill also provides that during a state of emergency declared by the Governor in response to a communicable disease of public health threat a tenant may provide written notice to the landlord requesting that one or more nonemergency property conditions in the dwelling unit not be addressed in the normal course of business of the landlord due to such communicable disease of public health threat. The bill provides that in such case, the tenant shall be deemed to have waived any and all claims and rights under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act against the landlord for failure to address such nonemergency property conditions.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102398D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21102398D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102398D
- 01/11/21 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/17/21 House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/21/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/21 House: Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/27/21 House: Read first time
- 01/28/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/21 House: Read second time
- 01/29/21 House: Amendments by Delegate Simon agreed to
- 01/29/21 House: Emergency clause deleted
- 01/29/21 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1981E
- 01/29/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21102398D-E
- 02/01/21 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/01/21 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)