HB 174 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel.

Summary

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant remedies; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel. Removes the requirement that military personnel terminating a rental agreement due to identified permissible circumstances shall provide the landlord with a termination date that is no more than 60 days prior to the date of departure necessary to comply with the official orders or any supplemental instructions for interim training or duty prior to the transfer.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Apr 2026

Introduced Jan 6, 2026 Signed Apr 6, 2026

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill has been formally enacted into law as Chapter 82 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive legal text regarding military early termination of rental agreements remains unchanged, but the document now includes official approval dates and standard legislative formatting found in published statutes.

TECHNICAL

Added official chapter number (Chapter 82) and the specific approval date (April 6, 2026) to the document header.

Inserted standard legislative formatting, including spacing and alignment, to match the style of the official Virginia Code.

Removed draft session headers and placeholder lines that were present in the enrolled version but are not part of the final statutory text.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 9, 2026

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 39

Mar 6, 2026

D Democratic20

20 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 6, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 82 (effective 7/1/2026)

executive

Mar 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB174ER)

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 25, 2026

Committee

Assigned GL&T sub: Housing

upper

Feb 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

Feb 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 19, 2026

Committee

Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection

lower

Jan 6, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors