HB 600 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Short-term rental properties; rental operator to complete human trafficking awareness training.

Summary

Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training. Requires every short-term rental operator, defined in the bill, and its employees to complete an approved training course on recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking, as provided or approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill requires that any short-term rental registry ordinance adopted by a locality pursuant to relevant law shall include that the training on recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking required by the bill be completed as part of the registration process. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. The bill contains technical amendments.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Feb 18, 2026

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What changed between versions

General Laws Substitute → Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a General Laws Substitute to a Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute, with significant formatting changes including the addition of session headers, page numbers, and line numbering. The substantive policy content regarding human trafficking training for short-term rental operators and law enforcement training standards appears to remain unchanged in the visible portions of the diff, though some text was reformatted with different indentation and spacing.

TECHNICAL

Formatting changes including addition of session headers, page numbers, line numbering, and reorganization of text layout from left-aligned to right-aligned with spacing adjustments.

Date formatting changed from 'OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION2/12/2026' to a structured session header format with '2026 SESSION' and additional spacing.

Bill title and amendment information were reformatted with line numbers and adjusted indentation, changing from left-aligned text to right-aligned with line numbering.

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Committee

Feb 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Left in Committee Appropriations

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

House subcommittee offered

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection

lower

Jan 13, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors