Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement, renewal notice.
Summary
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement; renewal notice. Provides that a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in the Commonwealth shall be required to provide written notice of nonrenewal to any tenant. This bill is identical to HB 1867.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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MINOR
This bill updates the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act by formally enacting the legislation into the Code of Virginia. The primary changes are administrative, including updating the session year to 2025, adding the specific chapter number (562), and changing the approval date to March 24, 2025.
Scope change
The scope of the law remains unchanged; the bill finalizes the text of SB 1043 for legal effect.
TECHNICAL
Updated the session year from 2024 to 2025 to reflect the current legislative session.
Added the specific chapter number (562) to the official title of the act.
Changed the approval date from a generic 'Approved' status to the specific date of March 24, 2025.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 17, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 17, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
10
Committee
4
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 562 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1043ER)
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (62-Y 34-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (17-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adam Ebbin
DDemocratic
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