---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement."
description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1702"
citation: "Virginia HB 1702 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maldonado"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e120d1a-83ab-4642-bed1-34d63fe605a3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1702"
source_hash: "300e90f2559052bc435b2f76129481d76c75a4b9f99b33a5e463e145656c8870"
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 1702 (2023) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0706** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0706)
2. **HB1702ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1702ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102274D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1702)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23102274D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1702E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maldonado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102274D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-12** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1702)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB1702E
- **2023-01-27** Printed as engrossed 23102274D-E
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House (58-Y 42-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1702E)
- **2023-02-08** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1702ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1702ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 706 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e120d1a-83ab-4642-bed1-34d63fe605a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).