Virginia House Bill 1401 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 2 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Landlord and tenant; remedy for unlawful ouster; ex parte issuance of order to recover possession. Provides that, upon receipt of a petition for an order to recover possession or restore essential services alleging a tenant's unlawful ouster from the rental premises and a finding that the petitioner has attempted to provide the landlord with actual notice of the hearing on the petition, the judge of the general district court may issue such order ex parte upon a finding of good cause to do so. The bill further provides that an ex parte order shall be a preliminary order that specifies a date for a full hearing on the merits of the petition, to be held within five days of the issuance of the ex parte order.

Landlord and tenant; remedy for unlawful ouster, ex parte issuance of order to recover possession.

Del. Alex Askew [D]

2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-02		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030)
2020-03-02		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 30 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-02-25		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
2020-02-25	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
2020-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-20	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1401ER)
2020-02-20	House	Enrolled
2020-02-17	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-31	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30	House	Printed as engrossed 20101111D-E
2020-01-30	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1401E
2020-01-30	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-01-30	House	Read second time
2020-01-29	House	Read first time
2020-01-27	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (20-Y 0-N)
2020-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
2020-01-23	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2020-01-16	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-16	House	Referred from General Laws by voice vote
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101111D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
55	1	1243	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1401
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1401+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1401E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1401ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0030+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0802V0034+HB1401
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0064+HB1401
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0289+HB1401
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S12V0157+HB1401
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0655HB1401+HB1401
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0660HB1401+HB1401