HB 1623 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Residential rental property; foreclosure shall act as a termination agreement.

Summary
Removes a provision that allows a tenant to remain in a dwelling unit that has been foreclosed upon pursuant to the federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act because the Act expired on December 31, 2014, and is no longer in effect. The bill provides that the foreclosure of a residential rental property shall act as a termination of the rental agreement by the owner of such property. In such case, the tenant may remain in possession of such dwelling unit as a month-to-month tenant on the terms of the terminated rental agreement until the successor owner gives a notice of termination of such month-to-month tenancy. The bill also provides how rental payments may be made during the period of the month-to-month tenancy. In addition, the bill requires a current owner of rental property who has entered into a written property management agreement with a managing agent and who has subsequently entered into a purchase agreement with a new owner to give written notice to the managing agent requesting payment of security deposits to the current owner prior to settlement with the new owner. The bill requires the managing agent to transfer the security deposits to the current owner and provide written notice to each tenant that his security deposit has been transferred. This bill is identical to
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Signed into Law
Feb 2017
Introduced Jan 4, 2017 Signed Feb 20, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Feb 20, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 63 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 9, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1623S1
legislature
Feb 9, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17105244D-S1
legislature
Jan 26, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1623E
legislature
Jan 24, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Jan 16, 2017
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Jan 4, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Jan 4, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101394D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Photo of David E. Yancey
David E. Yancey
RRepublican
VA
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