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SB 5089 Virginia Senate · 2020, 1st Special Session

Transient lodg. facility impacted by COVID-19; application of Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act.

Summary
Guests of transient lodging facilities impactedby the COVID-19 pandemic; application of the Virginia ResidentialLandlord and Tenant Act; emergency. Suspends provisions of theCode of Virginia that allow an innkeeper or property owner of a hotel,motel, extended stay facility, vacation residential facility, boardinghouse,or similar transient lodging to evict a guest using self-help methodsduring the declared public health emergency related to the COVID-19pandemic and applies the provisions of the Virginia Residential Landlordand Tenant Act to (i) a guest who uses such lodging as his primaryresidence for any length of time as tenant and (ii) the innkeeperor property owner of such lodging, or his agent, as landlord. Thebill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2020
Committee Review
Aug 2020
Senate Passage
Aug 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Aug 17, 2020 Last action Aug 27, 2020
Floor votes

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Aug 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Aug 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Aug 17, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200724D
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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