Virginia Senate Bill 1391 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-30 - Passed by indefinitely in Local Government with letter (13-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Short-term rental property; locality's ability to restrict Short-term rental property; locality's ability to restrict property managed by a Virginia realtor. Provides that a locality may not restrict by ordinance any short-term rental property managed by a Virginia realtor, defined in the bill. The bill provides that a locality may not enforce an ordinance against such property where the ordinance (i) prohibits short-term rentals; (ii) limits occupancy in a short-term rental property to less than what is allowed under the building code or local zoning regulations; (iii) limits the number of days in a calendar year for which a short-term rental property can be rented; (iv) requires an owner to occupy the short-term rental property as his primary residence for any number of days in a calendar year; (v) requires any type of remote monitoring device to be installed on the short-term rental property, including decibel, audio, or video; (vi) requires exterior or interior inspections of the short-term rental property pertaining to any items defined under the building code more frequently than every five years, unless a complaint has been filed with the locality or building authority; (vii) requires repairs, renovations, or updates to the structure of the short-term rental property that are greater than those required under the applicable building code; or (viii) requires an owner to add additional or otherwise alter existing parking spaces for the short-term rental property. The provisions of the bill shall apply to any short-term rental property managed by a realtor and operating as such on or after January 1, 2023.

Short-term rental property; locality's ability to restrict property managed by a Virginia realtor.

Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]

2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Local Government with letter (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-30	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Local Government with letter (13-Y 0-N)
2023-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2023-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104169D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	983	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1391
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1391+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1391F164+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S07V0042+SB1391