Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park, notice of sale and relocation expenses.
Summary
Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park; notice of sale and relocation expenses. Requires a manufactured home park owner to provide notice to the Department of Housing and Community Development and each manufactured home park tenant 90 days prior to unconditionally accepting an offer to purchase a manufactured home park. The bill permits an entity of tenants to negotiate for purchase of the manufactured home park. The bill also requires the manufactured home park owner provide notice to the locality in which the manufactured home park is located if the locality delivers a proposed purchase agreement with substantially similar terms and conditions as the entity of tenants to the manufactured home park owner. The bill provides an additional 60-day period for an entity to obtain financing for the purchase of a manufactured home park. The bill requires that its provisions be liberally construed to preserve affordable housing and expand the opportunities for owners of manufactured homes to purchase a manufactured home park. The bill provides for $5,000 in relocation expenses for a manufactured home owner if a rental agreement is terminated due to the sale of the manufactured home park to a buyer that is going to redevelop the park and change its use. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2025 Session of the General Assembly.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Apr 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 17, 2024
Signed Apr 17, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Mar 5, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
52
Key actions
17
Committee
9
Amendments
3
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 (54-Y 45-N)
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by House
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1397ER)
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Senate substitute with amendments agreed to by House 24108598D-S1 (51-Y 48-N)
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (22-Y 18-N)
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)
senate
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (11-Y 4-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (51-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 8-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 24105316D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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