HB 993 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; prohibited provisions, fees for maintenance.

Summary
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; prohibited provisions; fees for maintenance and periodic payments. Prohibits rental agreements subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from containing provisions that the tenant agrees to (i) pay any fee for the maintenance or repair of any unit subject to such rental agreement unless necessitated by the tenant's violation of a requirement of the Act or (ii) pay any fee to submit periodic rent payments or other amounts due, unless the landlord offers an alternative method of payment that does not include additional fees.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Vetoed
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Vetoed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2024

How they voted

2218
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 26, 2024
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
1 Yea 18 Nay
94% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
13
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Apr 17, 2024
Vetoed
House rejected Governor's recommendation (0-Y 100-N)
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by House
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB993ER)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 49-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB993E
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (10-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-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 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors

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