VirginiaVirginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; adverse action by landlord, tenant remedies.
What it does
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; adverse action by landlord; tenant remedies. Prohibits a residential landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in the Commonwealth from taking adverse action, as defined in the bill, against a prospective tenant due to the prospective tenant's history of a dismissed, nonsuited, or expunged unlawful detainer case or an unlawful detainer case that is eligible for expungement. The bill allows a prospective tenant to recover, as a result of any such adverse action, (i) actual damages, (ii) statutory damages of $1,000, and (iii) reasonable attorney fees.
More detail
This bill is identical to SB 815.
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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 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1872)
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1872ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 19Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)Major
- Vote recorded Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- Feb 19Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)Passed Senate
- Feb 19Passed by temporarily
- Feb 19Read third timeMinor
- Feb 18Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- Feb 18Rules suspended
- Feb 17Reported from Courts of Justice (6-Y 4-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice (6-Y 4-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Courts of Justice (10-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Rereferred from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Courts of Justice (10-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1872)
- Feb 3Printed as engrossed 25100544D-E
- Feb 3Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 3General Laws Amendment agreed toMajor
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Feb 2Read first timeMinor
- Jan 30Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 3-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 3-N)
- Jan 20Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer ProtectionMinor
- Jan 6Referred to Committee on General LawsMinor
- Jan 6Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100544DMinor
- Jan 6Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100544DIntroduced