Rental conveyances; relocates certain provisions related to assignments of rent.
Summary
Rental conveyances; leases; assignments. Relocates certain provisions of Title 55.1 (Property and Conveyances) of the Code of Virginia related to assignments of rent from a chapter related to nonresidential tenancies to a chapter related to leases. The bill corrects a technical error from the 2019 recodification of Title 55 of the Code of Virginia. This bill is identical to SB 589.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 5, 2024
Signed Mar 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2024 · House of Delegates Jan 29, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 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
23
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 27 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Feb 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB312ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Jan 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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