Va. Fair Housing Law; status as a victim of family abuse, etc.
Summary
Landlord and tenant; victims of family abuse; evidence to mitigate low credit score; damages. Allows an applicant for a lease to recover actual damages, including all amounts paid to the landlord as an application fee, application deposit, or reimbursement for any of the landlord's out-of-pocket expenses that were charged to the applicant, along with attorney fees, if the landlord does not consider evidence of the applicant's status as a victim of family abuse to mitigate any adverse effect of the otherwise qualified applicant's low credit score.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 12, 2019
Signed Mar 23, 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
33
Key actions
11
Committee
9
Mar 23, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 388 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (80-Y 20-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB99H2
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Dec 12, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Dec 12, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100448D
lower
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sam Rasoul
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Clint Jenkins
DDemocratic
Co
Danica Roem
DDemocratic
Co
Dawn Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones
DDemocratic
Co
JM
Joe Morrissey
DDemocratic
Co
JE
John Edwards
DDemocratic
Co
Josh Cole
DDemocratic
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