Virginia House Bill 1900 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Passed on March 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0403)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit, interruption of services, or actions taken to make premises unsafe. Provides that a general district court shall enter an order upon petition by a tenant that his landlord has (i) removed or excluded the tenant from the dwelling unit unlawfully, (ii) interrupted or caused the interruption of an essential service to the tenant, or (iii) taken action to make the premises unsafe for habitation. The bill allows entry of a preliminary order ex parte to require the landlord to allow the tenant to recover possession of the dwelling unit, resume any such interrupted essential service, or fix any willful actions taken by the landlord or his agent to make the premises unsafe for habitation if there is good cause to do so and the tenant made reasonable efforts to notify the landlord of the hearing. The bill requires that any ex parte order entered shall further indicate a date for a full hearing on the petition that is no later than 10 days from the initial hearing date. Finally, the bill provides that, at a full hearing on such petition and upon proper evidence presented, the tenant shall recover actual damages, the greater of $5,000 or four months' rent, and reasonable attorney fees.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit.

Del. Sally Hudson [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. David Bulova [D]	Del. Lee Carter [D]
Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]

2021-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N) (Y: 20 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-27 - House - House: VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 45-N) (Y: 54 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (35-Y 2-N) (Y: 35 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 97-N) (Y: 1 N: 97 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2021-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (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 (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 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]
2021-01-22 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) (Y: 54 N: 44 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-19 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-14 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 1-N) (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-30		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0403)
2021-03-30		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 403 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-03-15		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-15	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
2021-03-11	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-03-09	Senate	Signed by President
2021-03-09	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1900ER)
2021-03-09	House	Enrolled
2021-02-27	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)
2021-02-27	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2021-02-27	House	VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 45-N)
2021-02-27	House	Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N)
2021-02-27		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2021-02-25	Senate	Senators: Locke, Petersen, McClellan
2021-02-25	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2021-02-25	House	Delegates: Hudson, Simon, Fowler
2021-02-25	House	Conferees appointed by House
2021-02-25	House	House acceded to request
2021-02-25	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2021-02-25	Senate	Senate insisted on amendment (35-Y 2-N)
2021-02-24	House	VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 97-N)
2021-02-24	House	Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 97-N)
2021-02-24	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-23	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 18-N)
2021-02-23	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2021-02-23	Senate	Amendment by Senator Petersen agreed to
2021-02-23	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2021-02-23	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-22	Senate	Passed by for the day
2021-02-22	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
2021-02-17	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 5-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-25	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2021-01-25	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-01-22	House	VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
2021-01-22	House	Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N)
2021-01-21	House	Printed as engrossed 21102519D-E
2021-01-21	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1900E
2021-01-21	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2021-01-21	House	Read second time
2021-01-20	House	Read first time
2021-01-19	House	Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)
2021-01-14	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (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 21102519D

HB1900 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
SB1215 (Same As) 2021-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404)
SB1215 (Same As) 2021-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
55	1	1243	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1243.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1900
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1900+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1900E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1900ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0403+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB1900AH
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB1900AS
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB1900ASE
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB1900AC
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1900F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1900FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1900FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1102C0005+HB1900
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H11C0031+HB1900
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1009+HB1900
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S12C0122+HB1900
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S12V0052+HB1900
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0228HB1900+HB1900
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0356HB1900+HB1900
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1934+HB1900
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0423HB1900+HB1900
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV2005+HB1900
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0559HB1900+HB1900