Virginia Fair Housing Law; reasonable accommodations, disability-related requests for parking. (HB1971)

Introduced By

Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond) with support from co-patron Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church)

Progress

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

Description

Virginia Fair Housing Law; reasonable accommodations; disability-related requests for parking. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Fair Housing Law, when a person receives a request for accessible parking to accommodate a disability, the person receiving the request shall treat such request as a reasonable accommodation, and any costs, fees, or charges related to the installation, designation, marking, or reconfiguration of a parking space related to such reasonable accommodation request shall be borne by the person receiving the request. The bill provides that it is declarative of existing law. Read the Bill »

Status

01/21/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the General Laws Committee

History

Date	Action
01/11/2021	Committee
01/11/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102343D
01/11/2021	Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/17/2021	Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
01/19/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1971)
01/21/2021	House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
01/21/2021	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)