SB 1676 Virginia Senate · 2019 Regular Session

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 passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2019 Last action Feb 11, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 25, 2019

How they voted

340
Passed
Total votes 34
Jan 25, 2019
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 25, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Jan 11, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 11, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19104250D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Bill Stanley
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
VA
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