Virginia House Bill 2006 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 24 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0729)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Fair Housing Law; rights and responsibilities with respect to the use of an assistance animal in a dwelling. Sets out the rights and responsibilities under the Virginia Fair Housing Law (§ 36-96.1 et seq.) with respect to maintaining an assistance animal in a dwelling. The bill establishes a process through which a person with a disability may submit a request for a reasonable accommodation to maintain an assistance animal in a dwelling, including any supporting documentation verifying the disability and disability-related need for an accommodation. Under the bill, a request for reasonable accommodation to maintain an assistance animal may be denied for any one of the following reasons: (i) the requester does not have a disability; (ii) the requester does not have a disability-related need for an assistance animal; (iii) the accommodation imposes an undue financial and administrative burden on the person receiving the request; or (iv) the accommodation would fundamentally alter the nature of the operations of the person receiving the request. The bill provides that whenever a request for a reasonable accommodation to maintain an assistance animal in a dwelling is denied for reasons other than that the requester does not have a disability or a disability-related need for an assistance animal, an interactive process shall be initiated to determine if there is an alternative accommodation that would effectively address the disability-related need. The bill also defines "assistance animal," "major life activities," "therapeutic relationship," and "physical or mental impairment." The bill provides that if any provision of its provisions is determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to be not substantially equivalent or otherwise inconsistent with the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., as amended, such provision shall not be enforceable. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1228.

Va. Fair Housing Law; responsibilities with respect to use of an assistance animal in a dwelling.

Del. Betsy Carr [D]

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

2017-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N) (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 91-N) (Y: 3 N: 91 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-25 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-19 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-24		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0729)
2017-03-24		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 729 (effective 7/1/17)
2017-03-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-03-13	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
2017-03-10	Senate	Signed by President
2017-03-07	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-03-07	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2006ER)
2017-03-07	House	Enrolled
2017-02-24	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N)
2017-02-24	House	Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
2017-02-24	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-24	House	Conference substitute printed 17105862D-H1
2017-02-23	Senate	Senators: Barker, Suetterlein, Sturtevant
2017-02-23	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2017-02-23	House	Delegates: Carr, Peace, Helsel
2017-02-23	House	Conferees appointed by House
2017-02-22	House	House acceded to request
2017-02-21	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2017-02-21	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-20	House	VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 91-N)
2017-02-20	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 17105420D-S1 (3-Y 91-N)
2017-02-20	House	Placed on Calendar
2017-02-16	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-16	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-16	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
2017-02-16	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2006S1
2017-02-16	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 17105420D-S1
2017-02-16	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2017-02-16	Senate	Read third time
2017-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-13	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2017-02-13	Senate	Committee substitute printed 17105420D-S1
2017-01-26	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2017-01-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2017-01-25	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2017-01-25	House	Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
2017-01-24	House	Read second time and engrossed
2017-01-23	House	Read first time
2017-01-19	House	Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
2017-01-17	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2017-01-16	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
2017-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2017-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103597D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2006
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2006+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2006S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2006H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2006ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0729+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H1101V0005+HB2006
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H11V0029+HB2006
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV1589+HB2006
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S12V0169+HB2006
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0554HB2006+HB2006
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0597HB2006+HB2006
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0598HB2006+HB2006
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0599HB2006+HB2006
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2495+HB2006
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0750HB2006+HB2006
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV1022HB2006+HB2006
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2802+HB2006