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 (the Department), with input from a stakeholder group convened by the Department, 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 to the use of criminal records 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 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 requirement for the Department to convene a work group have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 2Senate sustained Governor's vetoLatest
- Apr 2Passed by for the day
- 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, 2025Minor
- Feb 20Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 18Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 18Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1128)
- Feb 18Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1128ER)Major
- Feb 18EnrolledMinor
- Feb 14House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 14-N)Major
- Vote recorded House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 14-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Passed House with substitute (50-Y 47-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Passed House with substitute (50-Y 47-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 12General Laws Substitute agreed to
- Feb 12Read third timeMinor
- Feb 11Passed by for the day
- Feb 10Read second timeMinor
- Feb 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1128)
- Feb 6Committee substitute printed 25106860D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 8-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 6Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 8-N)Minor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on General LawsMinor
- Feb 5Read first timeMinor
- Feb 5Placed on Calendar
- Jan 29Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 29Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- Jan 29Rules suspended
- Jan 29Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Jan 29General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- Jan 29Reading of substitute waived
- Jan 29Read second timeMinor
- Jan 28Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 28Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- Jan 28Rules suspended
- Jan 28Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1128)
- Jan 24Committee substitute printed 25105270D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 24Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 21Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1128)
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104557DIntroduced