Virginia House Bill 1271 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-02-06 - Incorporated by General Laws
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; notice of tenant screening criteria. Requires landlords governed by the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act or Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act to provide applicants for tenancy with (i) the amount and purpose of fees to be charged to such applicant, (ii) information that will be used to assess such applicant's eligibility for tenancy, and (iii) any criteria that may result in automatic denial of an application. The bill requires such landlords to notify applicants of certain rights protected by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act prior to performing any background, credit, or other pre-occupancy check on such applicants. Finally, the bill requires the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a sample notice of tenant screening criteria and a standardized statement regarding an applicant's rights protected by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and to make such sample notice and statement available on the Department's website.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, etc.; notice of tenant screening criteria.

Del. Katrina Callsen [D]

Del. Bonita Anthony [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-06	House	Incorporated by General Laws
2024-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB996-Anthony) by voice vote
2024-01-26	House	Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
2024-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2024-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100729D

HB996 (Similar To) 2024-05-17 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
55	1	1203	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1311	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1271
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1271+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB1271F122+PDF