republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1578.md

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Bill	Short-term rental of property; registration of persons offering property for rental.	Authorizes a locality to adopt an ordinance requiring the registration of persons offering property for short-term rental. The bill defines "short-term rental" as the provision of a room or space suitable for sleeping or lodging for less than 30 consecutive days in exchange for a charge for the occupancy. Persons and entities already licensed or registered related to the rental or management of property by the Department of Health, the Real Estate Board, the Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act, or a locality would not be required to register. The bill authorizes localities to impose penalties not to exceed $500 per violation on persons who violate the registry ordinance. The bill amends the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Act to clarify that certain property rented on a short-term basis is considered a bed and breakfast establishment for purposes of ABC licensing and that the exception from ABC licensing for serving alcoholic beverages to guests in a residence does not apply if the guest is a short-term lessee of the residence. This bill incorporates	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1578	Virginia SB 1578 (2017)	bill	Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Counties Cities and Towns Property and Conveyances	enacted	Thomas K. Norment, Jr.	4	23	8	2017-01-20	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/6af1b2fd-c6d0-4a7f-96b7-0d67eccfbea9	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1578	749fc401300da170ab383460d1465dd36f992a0608c5cceb9867373aadf06526	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1578 (2017) — Short-term rental of property; registration of persons offering property for rental.

Authorizes a locality to adopt an ordinance requiring the registration of persons offering property for short-term rental. The bill defines "short-term rental" as the provision of a room or space suitable for sleeping or lodging for less than 30 consecutive days in exchange for a charge for the occupancy. Persons and entities already licensed or registered related to the rental or management of property by the Department of Health, the Real Estate Board, the Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act, or a locality would not be required to register. The bill authorizes localities to impose penalties not to exceed $500 per violation on persons who violate the registry ordinance. The bill amends the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Act to clarify that certain property rented on a short-term basis is considered a bed and breakfast establishment for purposes of ABC licensing and that the exception from ABC licensing for serving alcoholic beverages to guests in a residence does not apply if the guest is a short-term lessee of the residence. This bill incorporates

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0741) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1578ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105130D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17100761D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 13–1 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House — 86–14 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 36–4 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Local Government with substitute — 11–2 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Appropriations — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)
• William M. Stanley, Jr. (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 17100761D introduction
• 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2017-01-27 Rereferred to Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Incorporates SB1579 (Stanley)
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17105130D-S1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1578S1
• 2017-02-09 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2017-02-16 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-22 Passed House (86-Y 14-N) passage
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 741 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6af1b2fd-c6d0-4a7f-96b7-0d67eccfbea9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).