Virginia House Bill 160 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-11 - Tabled in Appropriations (10-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord obligations; tenant safety. 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, to require all employees and applicants for employment to submit to fingerprinting and provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the employee's or applicant's fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such employee or applicant. The bill allows a landlord to disqualify from employment any person who has been convicted of or found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, a violent crime committed in any jurisdiction. The bill also provides that a landlord must (i) establish written policies and procedure for the storage and management of, access to, and return of all keys for each rental dwelling unit; (ii) regulate the secure storage of and access to unissued keys; and (iii) maintain a written log for the issuance and return of all keys. Finally, pursuant to the bill, all relevant landlords must submit certain information on a quarterly basis to the Department of Housing and Community Development to prove compliance with the provisions outlined in the bill.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord obligations, tenant safety.

Del. Candi Mundon King [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Briana Sewell [D]
Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]
Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Don Scott [D]
Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2022-02-11 - House - House: Tabled in Appropriations (10-Y 8-N) (Y: 10 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-11	House	Tabled in Appropriations (10-Y 8-N)
2022-02-09	House	Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
2022-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2022-02-08	House	Committee substitute printed 22105899D-H1
2022-02-08	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
2022-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2022-01-18	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2022-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100946D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
55	1	1209.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1209.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB160
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB160+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB160H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105899D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/22105899D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB160F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB160FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1102V0014+HB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H11V0093+HB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H11V0104+HB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H02V0124+HB0160