Virginia Senate Bill 707 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0986)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Landlord and tenant; tenant rights and responsibilities. Requires the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a statement of tenant rights and responsibilities explaining in plain language the rights and responsibilities of tenants under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (§ 55.1-1200 et seq.) and maintain such statement on the Department's website along with a form to be signed by the parties to a rental agreement. The bill requires that the statement be provided to any prospective tenant and that the form developed by the Department be signed by the parties to the rental agreement. The bill prohibits a landlord from filing or maintaining an action against a tenant in a court of law for any alleged lease violation until he has provided the tenant with the statement of tenant rights and responsibilities.

Landlord and tenant; statement of tenant rights and responsibilities.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2020-03-08 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 40-N) (Y: 55 N: 40 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 11-N) (Y: 29 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (36-Y 2-N) (Y: 36 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N) (Y: 2 N: 38 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N) (Y: 59 N: 38 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 5-N) (Y: 15 N: 5 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 10-N) (Y: 27 N: 10 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 3-N) (Y: 13 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0986)
2020-04-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 986 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	Senate	Enrolled
2020-03-18	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB707ER)
2020-03-08	House	VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 40-N)
2020-03-08	House	Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 40-N)
2020-03-07	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 11-N)
2020-03-05		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-03-02	House	Delegates: Ward, Simon, Miyares
2020-03-02	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-02-28	Senate	Senators: McClellan, Hashmi, Kiggans
2020-02-28	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-02-28	Senate	Senate acceded to request (36-Y 2-N)
2020-02-26	House	House requested conference committee
2020-02-26	House	House insisted on substitute
2020-02-25	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N)
2020-02-21	House	VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N)
2020-02-21	House	Passed House with substitute (59-Y 38-N)
2020-02-21	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB707H1
2020-02-21	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20108620D-H1
2020-02-21	House	Read third time
2020-02-20	House	Read second time
2020-02-18	House	Committee substitute printed 20108620D-H1
2020-02-18	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 5-N)
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-02-18	House	Read first time
2020-02-18	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-10	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 10-N)
2020-02-07	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20106406D-ES1
2020-02-07	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB707ES1
2020-02-07	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-07	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-07	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20106406D-S1
2020-02-07	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-07	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 3-N)
2020-01-29	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-01-29	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20106406D-S1
2020-01-29	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105101D

HB393 (Same As) 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0985)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
55	1	1204	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1244	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB707
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB707+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB707S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB707ES1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB707H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB707ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0986+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S12V0070+SB0707
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0178+SB0707
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0382SB0707+SB0707
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0437SB0707+SB0707
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H11V0393+SB0707
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1165+SB0707
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0955SB0707+SB0707
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1254SB0707+SB0707
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1776SB0707+SB0707
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2102+SB0707