Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; nonrefundable application fee, limitations. (HB1651)

Introduced By

Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News) with support from co-patrons Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D-Alexandria), and Del. Nadarius Clark (D-Portsmouth)

Progress

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

Description

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; nonrefundable application fee; limitations. Provides that a landlord shall not obtain a consumer report or conduct any other investigation into the background or qualifications of a rental applicant without first establishing a written rental admission policy that is available to the public and providing the applicant with either a written or an electronic copy of such policy. The bill also provides that such policy must contain a disclosure of the amount of all nonrefundable application fees and deposits. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/08/2023Committee
01/08/2023Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100298D
01/08/2023Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/11/2023Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
01/12/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB1651)
01/19/2023Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
01/24/2023Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws (11-Y 11-N) (see vote tally)