Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; routine maintenance, notice to tenant.
Summary
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;routine maintenance; notice to tenant. Requires landlords, unlessimpractical to do so, to provide a tenant with 72 hours' notice within14 days of routine maintenance. Current law requires a landlord togive at least 72 hours' notice for such maintenance but does notprovide a maximum window of time for such notice.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Mar 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 5, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
12
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Mar 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Feb 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB701ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB701E
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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