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2023 SESSION
SB 1340 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; application limitations.
Introduced by: George L. Barker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; application limitations. Prohibits a landlord from performing background, credit, or other pre-occupancy checks on an applicant without first (i) establishing a written rental application policy that includes a disclosure of the amount of all nonrefundable application fees and deposits and (ii) providing the applicant either (a) a copy of the landlord's written application policy or (b) an electronic communication stating where the landlord's written application policy may be accessed and providing a hyperlink or other electronic access to such policy. The written application policy may be provided through posting on a website available to the public.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101879D
- 01/11/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/25/23 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/23 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/31/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/23 House: Read first time
- 02/09/23 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/09/23 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/16/23 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/23 House: Left in General Laws