Virginia Senate Bill 232 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 4 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0341)

Landlord and managing agent immunity for mold claims. Provides that landlords and managing agents are not liable for civil damages in an action for exposure to mold arising from the condition within the interior of a dwelling unit brought by a tenant, authorized occupant, or guest or invitee if the mold condition is caused solely by the negligence of the tenant. The bill also provides that managing agents with no maintenance responsibilities are not liable for damages unless the agents have actual knowledge of the mold condition and fail to disclose the existence of the condition to the landlord and any prospective or actual tenants. The bill provides further that if a written move-in inspection report reflects that there is no visible evidence of mold in a dwelling unit, and the tenant does not object in writing to such report within five days of his receipt of the report, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that no mold existed at the time of the move-in inspection. The bill also requires landlords and managing agents with maintenance responsibilities to perform mold remediation if visible evidence of mold occurs within a dwelling unit. This bill is identical to HB 221.

Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; duty of landlord and managing agent for visible mold.

Sen. Ryan McDougle [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0341)
2008-03-04		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 341 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-02-28		Senate: Signed by President
2008-02-26		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-02-26		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB232ER)
2008-02-26		Senate: Enrolled
2008-02-22		Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
2008-02-20		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2008-02-20		House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2008-02-20		House: Engrossed by House as amended
2008-02-20		House: Committee amendment agreed to
2008-02-20		House: Read third time
2008-02-19		House: Read second time
2008-02-15		House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (19-Y 0-N)
2008-02-14		House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2008-02-12		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-02-12		House: Read first time
2008-02-12		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-07		Senate: Communicated to House
2008-02-07		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2008-02-06		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB232S1
2008-02-06		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 080283272-S1
2008-02-06		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2008-02-06		Senate: Read second time
2008-02-05		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2008-02-04		Senate: Committee substitute printed 080283272-S1
2008-02-04		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2008-01-10		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2008-01-07		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-07		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086597272

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB232