Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental agreement, provisions made applicable by law.
Summary
Requires a landlord to offer the tenant a written rental agreement containing the terms governing the rental of the dwelling unit and setting forth the terms and conditions of the landlord tenant relationship. The bill provides that in the event a written rental agreement is not offered by the landlord, a rental tenancy shall be deemed to exist by operation of law and establishes the terms and conditions of that tenancy. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Jan 7, 2019
Signed Feb 13, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 17, 2019
How they voted
36–0
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 6, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Feb 13, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 6, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-0)
senate
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 23, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-0)
house of delegates
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101166D
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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