HB 1272 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; copy of rental agreement for tenant.

Summary
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; copy of rental agreement for tenant. Requires a landlord to provide a copy of the signed written rental agreement to the tenant within 10 business days of the effective date of the rental agreement and to provide additional hard copies of the rental agreement upon request or to maintain such rental agreement in an electronic format that can be easily accessed by or shared with the tenant upon request. The bill also prohibits a landlord from charging a tenant for any such additional copies of his rental agreement.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Apr 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 10, 2024 Signed Apr 17, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2024

How they voted

390
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Mar 4, 2024
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
39
Key actions
14
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Apr 17, 2024
Signed into law
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Apr 17, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Apr 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (77-Y 20-N)
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by House
lower
Mar 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1272ER)
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (68-Y 31-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (68-Y 31-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1272E
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (17-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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