Virginia House Bill 1889
Session 2021
Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Mar 31, 2021
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1889
State
Virginia
Session
2021
Motion Text
VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 43-N)
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Summary
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; payment plan; removal of sunset. Removes the sunset date of July 1, 2021, from certain provisions enacted during the 2020 Special Session related to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Such provisions (i) changed from five to 14 days the amount of time that a landlord who owns four or fewer rental dwelling units must wait after serving 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; (ii) required a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units, or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, before terminating a rental agreement due to nonpayment of rent, to serve upon such tenant a written notice informing the tenant of the total amount due and owed and offer the tenant a payment plan under which the tenant must pay the total amount due and owed in equal monthly installments over a period of the lesser of six months or the time remaining under the rental agreement; (iii) outlined the remedies a landlord has if a tenant fails to pay the total amount due and owed or enter into a payment arrangement within 14 days of receiving notice or if the tenant enters into a payment arrangement but fails to pay within 14 days of the due date any rent that becomes due under the payment plan or arrangement after such plan or arrangement becomes effective; and (iv) clarified that a tenant is not precluded from participating in any other rent relief programs available to the tenant through a nonprofit organization or under the provisions of a federal, state, or local law, regulation, or action.
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101527D
January 8, 2021
Committee substitute printed 21200362D-S1
February 17, 2021
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB1889F122.PDF
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03/31/2021
Office of the Governor
Approved by Governor-Chapter 492 (effective 7/1/21)
03/01/2021
Office of the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/01/2021
House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
03/01/2021
House
Impact statement from DPB (HB1889ER)
02/26/2021
House
Signed by Speaker
02/25/2021
Senate
Signed by President
02/25/2021
House
Enrolled
02/23/2021
House
VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 43-N)
02/23/2021
House
Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200362D-S1 (52-Y 43-N)
02/23/2021
House
Placed on Calendar
02/22/2021
Senate
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N)
02/22/2021
Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1889S1
02/22/2021
Senate
Committee substitute agreed to 21200362D-S1
02/22/2021
Senate
Reading of substitute waived
02/22/2021
Senate
Read third time
02/19/2021
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
02/19/2021
House
Impact statement from DPB (HB1889S1)
02/17/2021
Senate
Committee substitute printed 21200362D-S1
02/17/2021
Senate
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 3-N 2-A)
02/05/2021
Senate
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
02/01/2021
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/01/2021
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed
01/29/2021
House
VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
01/29/2021
House
Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
01/28/2021
House
Read second time and engrossed
01/27/2021
House
Read first time
01/26/2021
House
Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N)
01/21/2021
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
01/18/2021
House
Impact statement from DPB (HB1889)
01/12/2021
House
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
01/08/2021
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/08/2021
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101527D
Sources
Open States
Record Created
Jan 9, 2021 12:03:18 AM
Record Updated
Apr 7, 2021 6:50:31 PM