HB 855 Virginia House of Delegates · 2018 Regular Session

Landlord and tenant law; notice requirements, landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation.

Summary
Changes the landlord and tenant law notice requirements for landlords to accept full or partial rent while continuing to proceed with a court action to obtain an order of possession and subsequent eviction by creating a single notice and removing the requirement for second notice for the time period between entry of an order of possession and prior to eviction. The bill provides that the landlord may accept full or partial payment of rent and still receive an order of possession and proceed with eviction if the landlord states in the written notice to the tenant that any payment of rent, damages, money judgment, award of attorney fees, and court costs would be accepted with reservation and not constitute a waiver of the landlord's right to evict the tenant from the dwelling unit. The bill also provides that if a dwelling unit is a public housing unit or other housing unit subject to regulation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, written notice of acceptance of rent with reservation need not be given to any public agency paying a portion of the rent under the rental agreement. This bill is identical to
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Signed into Law
Mar 2018
Introduced Jan 9, 2018 Signed Mar 9, 2018
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2018

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Mar 9, 2018
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 220 (effective 7/1/18)
executive
Feb 13, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 3-N 1-A)
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (94-3)
house of delegates
Feb 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB855H1
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18106220D-H1
legislature
Jan 24, 2018
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102117D
legislature
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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