Virginia Senate Bill 1136

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-27 - Rereferred from Local Government and rereferred to General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate General Laws and Technology Committee
Hearing: Jan 29 in Senate Room B, Room 306, General Assembly Building
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Local anti-rent gouging authority; civil penalty. Provides that any locality may by ordinance adopt anti-rent gouging provisions. The bill provides for notice and a public hearing prior to the adoption of such ordinance and specifies that all landlords who are under the ordinance may be required to give at least two months' written notice of a rent increase and cannot increase the rent by more than the locality's calculated allowance, not to exceed three percent, and states that such allowance is effective for a 12-month period beginning July 1 each year. The bill requires the locality to publish such allowance on its website by June 1 of each year. Certain facilities, as outlined in the bill, are exempt from such ordinance. The bill also requires a locality to establish an anti-rent gouging board to establish rules and procedures by which landlords may apply for and be granted exemptions from the rent increase limits set by the ordinance or delegate such duties and functions to an existing local board, department, or agency. Finally, the bill provides that a locality shall establish a civil penalty for failure to comply with the requirements set out in its ordinance.

Local anti-rent gouging authority; civil penalty.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. Saddam Salim [D]

Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]

Sen. Kannan Srinivasan [D]

2025-01-27 - Senate - Rereferred from Local Government to General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-27	Senate	Rereferred from Local Government and rereferred to General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
2025-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2025-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101933D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1136
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1136/text/SB1136
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1136/20251/S07V697