Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord charges for security deposits. (HB2249)

Introduced By

Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond) with support from 18 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. Lashrecse D. Aird (D-Petersburg), Del. Lamont Bagby (D-Richmond), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Cliff Hayes (D-Chesapeake), Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Sally Hudson (D-Charlottesville), Del. Clinton Jenkins (D-Suffolk), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Rodney Willett (D-Henrico), Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth)

Progress

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

Description

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord charges for security deposits, insurance premiums for damage insurance, and insurance premiums for renter's insurance; filing of information regarding resident agent appointed by nonresident property owner. Prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay a security deposit, insurance premiums for damage insurance, and insurance premiums for renter's insurance prior to the commencement of the tenancy that exceed the amount of two months' periodic rent. The bill permits a landlord, however, to add a monthly amount as additional rent to recover additional costs of such renter's insurance premiums. Finally, the bill requires nonresident property owners to file the name and office address of the agent appointed by such nonresident property owner in the office of the clerk of the State Corporation Commission. Under current law, such information must be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which deeds are recorded in the county or city in which the property lies. Read the Bill »

Status

07/23/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the General Laws Committee

History

Date	Action
01/13/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102708D
01/13/2021	Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/17/2021	Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
01/21/2021	House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
01/21/2021	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
01/26/2021	House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
01/26/2021	Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (see vote tally)
01/26/2021	Committee substitute printed 21103524D-H1
01/27/2021	Read first time
01/28/2021	Passed by for the day
02/01/2021	Passed by for the day
02/02/2021	Read second time
02/02/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21103524D-H1
02/02/2021	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2249H1
02/03/2021	Read third time and passed House (56-Y 43-N)
02/03/2021	VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/04/2021	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/05/2021	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2021	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/10/2021	Committee substitute printed 21200050D-S1
02/10/2021	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 1-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/12/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2021	Read third time
02/15/2021	Reading of substitute waived
02/15/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21200050D-S1
02/15/2021	Passed by for the day
02/15/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB2249S1)
02/16/2021	Read third time
02/16/2021	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2249S1
02/16/2021	Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2021	Placed on Calendar
02/18/2021	Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200050D-S1 ( 55-Y 43-N)
02/18/2021	VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2021	Enrolled
02/22/2021	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2249ER)
02/22/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB2249ER)
02/22/2021	Signed by President
02/24/2021	Signed by Speaker
02/25/2021	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
02/25/2021	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/30/2021	G Approved by Governor-Chapter 427 (effective 7/1/21)
03/30/2021	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0427)