Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant obligations. (HB1869)

Introduced By

Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington)

Progress

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

Description

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant obligations. Provides that in addition to complying with the terms of a rental agreement, a tenant is obligated to be financially responsible for the added cost of treatment or extermination of any insects or pests due to the tenant's unreasonable delay in reporting the existence of the insects or pests or the tenant's fault in failing to prevent infestation of any insects or pests in the area occupied. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/10/2017Committee
01/10/2017Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101577D
01/10/2017Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/13/2017Impact statement from DPB (HB1869)
01/16/2017Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
01/24/2017Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
01/26/2017Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2017Read first time
01/31/2017Read second time and engrossed
02/01/2017Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/01/2017VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2017Constitutional reading dispensed
02/02/2017Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/13/2017Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2017Read third time
02/16/2017Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2017Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2017Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2017Enrolled
02/20/2017Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1869ER)
02/20/2017Impact statement from DPB (HB1869ER)
02/20/2017Signed by Speaker
02/21/2017Signed by President
02/21/2017Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/2017G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
03/03/2017G Approved by Governor-Chapter 262 (effective 7/1/17)
03/03/2017G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)

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 40 seconds.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

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