Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord may obtain insurance for tenant.
Summary
Requires a landlord that has obtained renter's insurance coverage on behalf of his tenants to include, as part of the summary of the insurance policy or certificate evidencing the coverage as currently required by law, a statement regarding whether the insurance policy contains a waiver of subrogation provision. The bill provides that any failure of the landlord to provide such summary or certificate, or to make available a copy of the insurance policy, shall not affect the validity of the rental agreement.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Signed Mar 14, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2019
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 19, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Mar 14, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 394 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2304H1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106151D-H1
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100281D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jay Leftwich
RRepublican
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