---
type: "Bill"
title: "Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement, renewal notice."
description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement; renewal notice. Provides that a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in the Commonwealth shall be required to provide written notice of nonrenewal to any tenant. This bill is identical to SB 1043."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1867"
citation: "Virginia HB 1867 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adele Y. McClure"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23e418c5-f0d6-4d33-85d9-deb533d231fe"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1867"
source_hash: "d789b4fe4378a4456babc4eaf21461c808ffa1faf1fe9309b21ed34c9aab5725"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1867 (2025) — Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement, renewal notice.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement; renewal notice. Provides that a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in the Commonwealth shall be required to provide written notice of nonrenewal to any tenant. This bill is identical to SB 1043.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013297.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077394.PDF)
3. **General Laws Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1027740.PDF)
4. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049952.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064325.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (60-Y 39-N) — **60–39** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House (58-Y 39-N) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101367D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1867)
- **2025-01-20** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1867)
- **2025-01-28** Reported from General Laws with substitute (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Committee substitute printed 25105128D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** General Laws Substitute agreed to
- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (60-Y 39-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee substitute printed 25107122D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1867)
- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-18** General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Senate substitute agreed to by House (58-Y 39-N) `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1867ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1867)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 554 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0554)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23e418c5-f0d6-4d33-85d9-deb533d231fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).