Landlord and tenant; damage insurance shall conform to certain criteria.
Summary
Landlord and tenant; damage insurance in lieu of security deposit. Provides that a landlord may permit a tenant to provide damage insurance coverage meeting certain criteria in lieu of the payment of a security deposit. The bill also caps the total amount of any combination of security deposit and rental insurance coverage required by the landlord to twice the amount of the periodic rent payment and provides that a tenant who initially opts to provide damage insurance in lieu of a security deposit may, at any time without consent of the landlord, opt to pay the full security deposit to the landlord in lieu of maintaining a damage insurance policy.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Signed Apr 9, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
41
Key actions
15
Committee
11
Amendments
1
Apr 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 998 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N)
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1333S1
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20109267D-S1
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1333EH1
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Amendments by Delegate Coyner agreed to
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106858D-H1
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103215D
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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