Virginia House Bill 1889 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: Passed on March 31 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0492)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; payment plan; extend sunset. Extends the sunset date from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2022, of certain provisions enacted during the 2020 Special Session related to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Such provisions (i) changed from five to 14 days the amount of time that a landlord who owns 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; (ii) required 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; (iii) outlined 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; and (iv) clarified 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. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; payment plan; extend sunset. Extends the sunset date from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2022, of certain provisions enacted during the 2020 Special Session related to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Such provisions (i) changed from five to 14 days the amount of time that a landlord who owns 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; (ii) required 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; (iii) outlined 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; and (iv) clarified 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.

Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.

Del. Marcia Price [D]	Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]
Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Lee Carter [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]
Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]
Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Del. Jeion Ward [D]

2021-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 43-N) (Y: 52 N: 43 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2021-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) (Y: 21 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 3-N 2-A) (Y: 9 N: 3 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-29 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N) (Y: 54 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-26 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-31		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0492)
2021-03-31		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 492 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-03-01		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-01	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
2021-02-26	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-25	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1889ER)
2021-02-25	House	Enrolled
2021-02-23	House	VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 43-N)
2021-02-23	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200362D-S1 (52-Y 43-N)
2021-02-23	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-22	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N)
2021-02-22	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1889S1
2021-02-22	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21200362D-S1
2021-02-22	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-22	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
2021-02-17	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21200362D-S1
2021-02-17	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 3-N 2-A)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2021-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-01-29	House	VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
2021-01-29	House	Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
2021-01-28	House	Read second time and engrossed
2021-01-27	House	Read first time
2021-01-26	House	Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N)
2021-01-21	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
2021-01-12	House	Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
2021-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2021-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101527D

HB1889 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1889
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1889+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1889S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1889ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0492+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1889F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1889FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1889FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1102C0043+HB1889
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H11C0055+HB1889
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1257+HB1889
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S12C0120+HB1889
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S12V0066+HB1889
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0228HB1889+HB1889
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0271HB1889+HB1889
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1874+HB1889