---
type: "Bill"
title: "Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator."
description: "Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator. Prohibits a locality from barring an operator, as defined in existing law, from offering such property as a short-term rental solely on the basis that the operator is a lessee or sublessee of such property, provided that the property owner has granted permission for its use as a short-term rental. The bill adds an attestation that the property owner has granted such permission if the operator is a lessee or sublessee to the information that an operator must provide to annually register such short-term rental. The bill permits a locality to limit a lessee or sublessee to one short-term rental. "
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1461"
citation: "Virginia HB 1461 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Candi Mundon King"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68923312-c7b4-4631-8f3c-6c50f463b3a4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1461"
source_hash: "e7242f47117420cf3b2798849c1c8b85acb8b15c7cfa6b488f394cdebf6d912c"
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 1461 (2024) — Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator.

Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator. Prohibits a locality from barring an operator, as defined in existing law, from offering such property as a short-term rental solely on the basis that the operator is a lessee or sublessee of such property, provided that the property owner has granted permission for its use as a short-term rental. The bill adds an attestation that the property owner has granted such permission if the operator is a lessee or sublessee to the information that an operator must provide to annually register such short-term rental. The bill permits a locality to limit a lessee or sublessee to one short-term rental. 

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0700** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0700)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24108491D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1461S1)
3. **HB1461ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1461ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 24104022D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1461)
5. **Printed as engrossed 24104022D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1461E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (75-Y 20-N) — **74–20** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (18-Y 2-N) — **18–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 26-N) — **70–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Candi Mundon King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24104022D `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
- **2024-02-08** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (18-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB1461E
- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24104022D-E
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (75-Y 20-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (75-Y 20-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Committee substitute printed 24108491D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-03-05** Committee substitute agreed to 24108491D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1461S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108491D-S1 (71-Y 26-N) `substitution`
- **2024-03-06** VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 26-N)
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1461ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 700 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0700)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68923312-c7b4-4631-8f3c-6c50f463b3a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).