Virginia Senate Bill 5089 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-27 - Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Guests of transient lodging facilities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; application of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; emergency. Suspends provisions of the Code of Virginia that allow an innkeeper or property owner of a hotel, motel, extended stay facility, vacation residential facility, boardinghouse, or similar transient lodging to evict a guest using self-help methods during the declared public health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic and applies the provisions of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to (i) a guest who uses such lodging as his primary residence for any length of time as tenant and (ii) the innkeeper or property owner of such lodging, or his agent, as landlord. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Transient lodg. facility impacted by COVID-19; application of Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act.

Sen. Mamie Locke [D]

2020-08-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-27	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
2020-08-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-08-17	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200724D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5089
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5089+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S12V0005+SB5089