VirginiaVa. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; affordable housing, criminal record screening model policy.
What it does
Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; affordable housing; criminal record screening model policy. Requires the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, with input from a stakeholder group convened by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to develop a criminal record screening model policy for admitting or denying an applicant for affordable housing covered under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's guidance on the application of the federal Fair Housing Act and maintain such model policy on its website. The bill prohibits a landlord of an affordable housing unit from basing an adverse action, in whole or in part, on an applicant's criminal or arrest record unless the landlord does so in accordance with the criminal record screening model policy developed by the Department of Housing and Community Development and posted on its website and provides the applicant with a written copy of such policy.
More detail
The provisions of the bill other than the creation of the stakeholder group have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 2House sustained Governor's vetoLatest
- Mar 24Vetoed by Governor Glenn YoungkinMajor
- Mar 3Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 3Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2024Minor
- Feb 20Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 18Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 18Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1638)
- Feb 18Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1638ER)Major
- Feb 18EnrolledMinor
- Feb 13Senate Amendment agreed to by House (Y-53 N-44 A-0)Major
- Vote recorded Senate Amendment agreed to by House (Y-53 N-44 A-0). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Passed by for the day
- Feb 10Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 15-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 15-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10Engrossed by Senate as amended
- Feb 10General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed toMajor
- Feb 10Read third timeMinor
- Feb 7Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 7Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- Feb 7Rules suspended
- Feb 5Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (13-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Jan 21Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 21Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1638)
- Jan 20Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 17Printed as engrossed 25102242D-E
- Jan 17Engrossed by House as amended
- Jan 17General Laws Amendments agreed toMajor
- Jan 17Read second timeMinor
- Jan 16Read first timeMinor
- Jan 14Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 3Referred to Committee on General LawsMinor
- Jan 3Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102242DIntroduced