republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1623.md

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Bill	Residential rental property; foreclosure shall act as a termination agreement.	Removes a provision that allows a tenant to remain in a dwelling unit that has been foreclosed upon pursuant to the federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act because the Act expired on December 31, 2014, and is no longer in effect. The bill provides that the foreclosure of a residential rental property shall act as a termination of the rental agreement by the owner of such property. In such case, the tenant may remain in possession of such dwelling unit as a month-to-month tenant on the terms of the terminated rental agreement until the successor owner gives a notice of termination of such month-to-month tenancy. The bill also provides how rental payments may be made during the period of the month-to-month tenancy. In addition, the bill requires a current owner of rental property who has entered into a written property management agreement with a managing agent and who has subsequently entered into a purchase agreement with a new owner to give written notice to the managing agent requesting payment of security deposits to the current owner prior to settlement with the new owner. The bill requires the managing agent to transfer the security deposits to the current owner and provide written notice to each tenant that his security deposit has been transferred. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1623	Virginia HB 1623 (2017)	bill	Property and Conveyances	enacted	David E. Yancey	5	23	7	2017-01-04	2017-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/9aa21c74-4193-4760-8340-2a0f6cc28f01	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1623	c18d6f06bad9d61353d58d0cdcdaea45c15dde90769e9456c52f82583e8e1650	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1623 (2017) — Residential rental property; foreclosure shall act as a termination agreement.

Removes a provision that allows a tenant to remain in a dwelling unit that has been foreclosed upon pursuant to the federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act because the Act expired on December 31, 2014, and is no longer in effect. The bill provides that the foreclosure of a residential rental property shall act as a termination of the rental agreement by the owner of such property. In such case, the tenant may remain in possession of such dwelling unit as a month-to-month tenant on the terms of the terminated rental agreement until the successor owner gives a notice of termination of such month-to-month tenancy. The bill also provides how rental payments may be made during the period of the month-to-month tenancy. In addition, the bill requires a current owner of rental property who has entered into a written property management agreement with a managing agent and who has subsequently entered into a purchase agreement with a new owner to give written notice to the managing agent requesting payment of security deposits to the current owner prior to settlement with the new owner. The bill requires the managing agent to transfer the security deposits to the current owner and provide written notice to each tenant that his security deposit has been transferred. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0063) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1623ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101394D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17101394D-E (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105244D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105244D-S1 — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• David E. Yancey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101394D introduction
• 2017-01-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-24 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-01-24 Engrossed by House as amended HB1623E
• 2017-01-24 Printed as engrossed 17101394D-E
• 2017-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-26 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 17105244D-S1
• 2017-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1623S1
• 2017-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-13 Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105244D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
• 2017-02-14 Enrolled
• 2017-02-14 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-15 Signed by President
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
• 2017-02-15 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
• 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 63 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9aa21c74-4193-4760-8340-2a0f6cc28f01. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).