---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; statement of tenant rights and responsibilities."
description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; statement of tenant rights and responsibilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1735"
citation: "Virginia HB 1735 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["VanValkenburg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7da4cb2-39f5-4360-a15d-614049b680de"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1735"
source_hash: "bc332d0e197b78a9f40eb1cf400de5fbaa851546c48317608aef7d00486010b1"
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 1735 (2023) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; statement of tenant rights and responsibilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0450** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0450)
2. **HB1735ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1735ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102712D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1735)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23102712D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1735E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 97-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: (93-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- VanValkenburg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102712D `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
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1735)
- **2023-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB1735E
- **2023-01-27** Printed as engrossed 23102712D-E
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1735E)
- **2023-02-08** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-08** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 97-N) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 97-N)
- **2023-02-17** Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-20** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-21** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-21** Senators: Ebbin, Rouse, Vogel
- **2023-02-21** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-21** Delegates: VanValkenburg, Leftwich, Campbell, J.L.
- **2023-02-23** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: (93-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1735ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1735ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 450 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0450)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7da4cb2-39f5-4360-a15d-614049b680de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).