HB 1971 Virginia House of Delegates · 2021 Regular Session

Virginia Fair Housing Law; reasonable accommodations, disability-related requests for parking.

Summary
Virginia Fair Housing Law; reasonable accommodations; disability-related requests for parking. Provides that for thepurposes of the Virginia Fair Housing Law, when a person receivesa request for accessible parking to accommodate a disability, theperson receiving the request shall treat such request as a reasonable accommodation, and any costs, fees, or charges related to the installation, designation, marking, or reconfiguration of a parking space relatedto such reasonable accommodation request shall be borne by the personreceiving the request. The bill provides that it is declarative ofexisting law.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Feb 2021
Introduced Jan 11, 2021 Signed Feb 25, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 29, 2021

How they voted

321
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 15, 2021
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
15 Yea 1 Nay
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Feb 25, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 17 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (77-Y 22-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1971H1
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21103166D-H1
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 17, 2021
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102343D
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors