SB 182 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training, delayed effective date.

Summary
Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training. Requires every operator, defined in the bill, and its employees to complete an approved training course on recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking, as provided or approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, by January 1, 2028, and every two years thereafter. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. The bill contains technical amendments.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced General Laws and Technology Substitute · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill was amended from its original introduced version to a substitute version prepared by the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology. The primary substantive change is the removal of § 35.1-15.1, which previously required human trafficking training for hotel employees. The substitute version retains only the requirement for short-term rental operators to complete human trafficking training, eliminating the parallel requirement for hotels. This narrows the bill's scope from covering both short-term rentals and hotels to focusing solely on short-term rental properties.
Scope change
The bill's scope was reduced from covering both short-term rental properties and hotels to covering only short-term rental properties. The requirement for hotel employees to complete human trafficking training was removed entirely.
REQUIREMENT

Removed § 35.1-15.1, which required hotel employees with frequent guest interactions to complete human trafficking awareness training

SCOPE

Changed the bill title and bill text to reflect that it now only relates to short-term rental properties and human trafficking awareness training, removing references to hotels from the bill's purpose statement

TECHNICAL

Reformatted the bill document with different page numbering and layout, changing from a standard introduced bill format to a substitute bill format with committee markup

Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 5, 2026
D Democratic20
20 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
21
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Jan 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
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Photo of Angelia Graves
Angelia Graves
DDemocratic
VA
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