---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hotel policies; denial of guests residing within certain distance prohibited in certain instances."
description: "Hotel policies; denial of guests residing within certain distance prohibited in certain instances. Prohibits a hotel from enforcing a policy denying the ability of a guest to stay at such hotel solely on the grounds that such guest's primary residence is located within a certain distance of such hotel if such guest is seeking to stay for his health or safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 790"
citation: "Virginia HB 790 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41c069d4-434e-4563-b439-ee65c52b13a6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB790"
source_hash: "a755cecc66ac130a31f30c16d5fda17c2b755c7fb909a41a4d573ae7813d4434"
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 790 (2026) — Hotel policies; denial of guests residing within certain distance prohibited in certain instances.

Hotel policies; denial of guests residing within certain distance prohibited in certain instances. Prohibits a hotel from enforcing a policy denying the ability of a guest to stay at such hotel solely on the grounds that such guest's primary residence is located within a certain distance of such hotel if such guest is seeking to stay for his health or safety.

## 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/1085916.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221776.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208836.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101687D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-12** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB790)
- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB790ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB790)
- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 666 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41c069d4-434e-4563-b439-ee65c52b13a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).