Landlord and tenant; landlord may obtain certain insurance for tenant, notice to tenant.
Summary
Provides that if a rental agreement does not require the tenant to obtain renter's insurance, the landlord must provide a written notice to the tenant, prior to the execution of the rental agreement, stating that (i) the landlord is not responsible for the tenant's personal property, (ii) the landlord's insurance coverages do not cover the tenant's personal property, and (iii) if the tenant wishes to protect his personal property, he should obtain renter's insurance. The bill also requires such notice to inform the tenant that any such renter's insurance obtained by the tenant does not cover flood damage and advise the tenant to contact the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or visit the websites for FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program or the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation's Flood Risk Information System to obtain information regarding whether the property is located in a special flood hazard area. The bill provides that any failure of the landlord to provide such notice does not affect the validity of the rental agreement.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Dec 1, 2018
Signed Mar 14, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 29, 2019
How they voted
36–0
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 13, 2019
D
Democratic16
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Mar 14, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 386 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 13, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-0)
senate
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1660H1
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105720D-H1
lower
Jan 29, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-0)
house of delegates
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Dec 1, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Dec 1, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100659D
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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