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Bill Landlord and tenant law; transient lodging as primary residence. Clarifies that the availability of the use of self-help eviction in certain circumstances to the owner of transient lodging shall not preclude such owner from pursuing any civil or criminal remedies under the laws of the Commonwealth. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2018 HB 1227 Virginia HB 1227 (2018)
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Virginia HB 1227 (2018) — Landlord and tenant law; transient lodging as primary residence.

Clarifies that the availability of the use of self-help eviction in certain circumstances to the owner of transient lodging shall not preclude such owner from pursuing any civil or criminal remedies under the laws of the Commonwealth.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0050) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1227ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Committee substitute printed 18105617D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101140D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws and Technology — 140 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 980 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 80 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101140D introduction
  • 2018-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2018-01-19 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2018-02-01 Read first time reading-1
  • 2018-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2018-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 18105617D-H1
  • 2018-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1227H1
  • 2018-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2018-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2018-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2018-02-15 Read third time reading-3
  • 2018-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2018-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2018-02-21 Signed by President
  • 2018-02-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/22/18
  • 2018-02-22 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2018
  • 2018-02-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 50 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c287389b-60e1-466f-8f81-1571652766e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).