Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement, renewal notice.
Summary
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement; renewal notice. Provides that a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in the Commonwealth shall be required to provide written notice of nonrenewal to any tenant. This bill is identical to SB 1043.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions
General Laws and Technology Substitute
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Chaptered
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1 edit
MINOR
The bill was formatted from a Senate substitute version to a chaptered version, with no substantive policy changes to the actual text of the law. The content of § 55.1-1204 regarding rental agreements, rent payment terms, late charges, and notice requirements remains identical between the two versions.
TECHNICAL
The document was converted from a substitute bill format to a chaptered act format, adding chapter number (554), approval date (March 24, 2025), and page formatting, but the actual legal text of the statute remained unchanged.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2025
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Feb 14, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
38
Key actions
10
Committee
5
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 554 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1867ER)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (60-Y 39-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adele McClure
DDemocratic
Co
Atoosa Reaser
DDemocratic
Co
Bonita Anthony
DDemocratic
Co
Candi King
DDemocratic
Co
Charniele Herring
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Destiny LeVere Bolling
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
Holly Seibold
DDemocratic
Co
Irene Shin
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
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