Virginia Senate Bill 197 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 9 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0233)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Landlord and tenant law; notice requirements; landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation. Changes the landlord and tenant law notice requirements for landlords to accept full or partial rent while continuing to proceed with a court action to obtain an order of possession and subsequent eviction by creating a single notice and removing the requirement for second notice for the time period between entry of an order of possession and prior to eviction. The bill provides that the landlord may accept full or partial payment of rent and still receive an order of possession and proceed with eviction if the landlord states in the written notice to the tenant that any payment of rent, damages, money judgment, award of attorney fees, and court costs would be accepted with reservation and not constitute a waiver of the landlord's right to evict the tenant from the dwelling unit. The bill also provides that if a dwelling unit is a public housing unit or other housing unit subject to regulation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, written notice of acceptance of rent with reservation need not be given to any public agency paying a portion of the rent under the rental agreement. This bill is identical to HB 855.

Landlord and tenant law; notice requirements, landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation.

Sen. Mamie Locke [D]

2018-02-22 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 1-N 1-A) (Y: 97 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-02-15 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0233)
2018-03-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 233 (effective 7/1/18)
2018-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
2018-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
2018-02-28	Senate	Signed by President
2018-02-26	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-02-26	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB197ER)
2018-02-26	Senate	Enrolled
2018-02-22	Senate	Title replaced 18107153D-H1
2018-02-22	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-20	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 1-N 1-A)
2018-02-20	House	Passed House with substitute (97-Y 1-N 1-A)
2018-02-20	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB197H1
2018-02-20	House	Committee substitute agreed to 18107153D-H1
2018-02-20	House	Read third time
2018-02-19	House	Read second time
2018-02-15	House	Committee substitute printed 18107153D-H1
2018-02-15	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2018-01-31	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2018-01-31	House	Read first time
2018-01-31	House	Placed on Calendar
2018-01-26	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2018-01-25	Senate	Printed as engrossed 18102102D-E
2018-01-25	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB197E
2018-01-25	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2018-01-25	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2018-01-25	Senate	Read second time
2018-01-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2018-01-22	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
2018-01-01	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2018-01-01	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102102D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB197
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB197+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB197E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB197H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB197ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0233+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S12V0040+SB0197
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0119SB0197+SB0197
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0138SB0197+SB0197
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H11V0229+SB0197
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0882+SB0197
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0607SB0197+SB0197