SB 812 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.

Summary

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement. Increases from five days to 14 days the mandatory waiting period after a landlord serves written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement. This bill is identical to HB 1719.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Vetoed

Mar 2025

Introduced Dec 30, 2024 Vetoed Mar 25, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 4 edits · Feb 20, 2025

MODERATE

The bill transitions from an introduced draft to an enrolled version, representing the final approved legislative text ready for signing into law. The substantive policy content regarding landlord-tenant remedies, eviction timelines, and COVID-19 protections remains unchanged between versions. The primary differences are formatting, page numbering, and official legislative identifiers added during the enrollment process.

TECHNICAL

Removed introductory metadata (session dates, bill numbers, committee referrals) and added official enrolled formatting including page numbers, chapter headers, and approval stamps.

Changed section header from 'INTRODUCED' to 'ENROLLED' indicating the bill has passed all legislative stages and is ready for the Governor's signature.

Added bill identifier 'SB812ER' and official Virginia Acts of Assembly chapter formatting with line numbers and spacing adjustments.

POLICY

All substantive provisions regarding tenant remedies, eviction procedures, family abuse protections, and COVID-19 eviction moratoriums remain identical in both versions.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 17, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2025

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Jan 17, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Vetoed

Senate sustained Governor's veto

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB812ER)

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (50-Y 47-N)

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed by for the day

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws (12-Y 9-N)

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)

upper

Dec 30, 2024

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors