Virginia House Bill 407 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Landlord and tenant laws; landlord and tenant obligations. Clarifies that the judgment rate of interest includes any and all amounts covered by the judgment. The bill, among other things, also (i) requires the executive secretary of the Supreme Court to permit electronic interface with case management systems and for the general district courts to allow private vendors to electronically file civil actions on forms developed by the executive secretary; (ii) provides that the homestead exemption does not apply to a money judgment for nonpayment of rent for which a writ of garnishment is issued, and which does not request a writ of fieri facias or levy on the real or personal property of the debtor; (iii) revises the ratio utility billing system for landlords and tenants and states that the use of a ratio utility billing system is not within the jurisdiction of the State Corporation Commission; (iv) allows certain persons to prepare, execute, file, and have served on other parties, in any proceeding in a general district court, a warrant in debt, warrant in detinue, distress warrant, summons for unlawful detainer, suggestion for summons in garnishment, garnishment summons, writ of possession, writ of fieri facias, interpleader, and civil appeal notice without the intervention of any attorney; (v) adds a definition of "commencement date of the rental agreement" and effective date of same to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; (vi) revises the definition of "security deposit" under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; (vii) revises the damage and renter's insurance coverage provisions of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; (viii) allows tenant records to be disclosed to a local commissioner of the revenue, under certain circumstances, and to the commanding officer, military housing officer, or military attorney of the tenant; (ix) allows the landlord to withhold a portion of the security deposit until final settlement of utility bills; and (x) changes the times that trigger the payment of interest by the landlord on a security deposit. The bill also contains technical amendments.

Landlord and tenant laws; landlord and tenant obligations.

Del. Glenn Oder [R]

2010-03-08 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-16 - House - House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-11 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-10 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)
2010-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 550 (effective 7/1/10)
2010-03-15		Senate: Signed by President
2010-03-13		House: Signed by Speaker
2010-03-13		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB407ER)
2010-03-13		House: Enrolled
2010-03-08		Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2010-03-08		Senate: Read third time
2010-03-05		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2010-03-03		Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2010-02-17		Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2010-02-17		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2010-02-16		House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2010-02-16		House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
2010-02-15		House: Printed as engrossed 10105270D-EH1
2010-02-15		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB407EH1
2010-02-15		House: Amendment by Delegate Oder agreed to
2010-02-15		House: Committee substitute agreed to 10105270D-H1
2010-02-15		House: Read second time
2010-02-14		House: Read first time
2010-02-11		House: Committee substitute printed 10105270D-H1
2010-02-11		House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2010-02-10		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
2010-01-15		House: Assigned GL sub: #1 Housing
2010-01-12		House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
2010-01-12		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103799D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	79	(n/a)	See Bill Text
6	1	330.54	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	128	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB407
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB407+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB407H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB407EH1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB407ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0550+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+H1101V0029+HB0407
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+H11V0114+HB0407
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+HV0831+HB0407
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+S12V0283+HB0407
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+SV0659HB0407+HB0407
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+SV0685HB0407+HB0407