Landlord and tenant laws; receipt required for payments in form of cash or money order. (HB502)

Introduced By

Sen. Roz Dance (D-Petersburg) with support from co-patron Sen. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Receipt required for certain rental payments; upon request.  Provides a tenant with a written receipt from the landlord, upon the tenant's request, whenever the tenant pays rent in the form of cash or a money order. This bill is recommended by the Virginia Housing Commission. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/10/2012Committee
01/10/2012Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103058D
01/10/2012Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/13/2012Assigned GL sub: #1 Housing
01/18/2012Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
01/19/2012Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/23/2012Read first time
01/24/2012Read second time and engrossed
01/25/2012Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
01/25/2012VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2012Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
01/25/2012Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
01/25/2012VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/26/2012Constitutional reading dispensed
01/26/2012Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/20/2012Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2012Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/23/2012Read third time
02/23/2012Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/29/2012Enrolled
02/29/2012Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB502ER)
02/29/2012Signed by Speaker
03/01/2012Signed by President
04/04/2012G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0503)
04/04/2012G Approved by Governor-Chapter 503 (effective 7/1/12)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 55 seconds.