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type: "Bill"
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title: "Unlawful detainer, summons for; foreclosure."
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description: "Provides that a former owner who remains in possession of a single-family residential dwelling unit on the date of a foreclosure sale becomes a tenant at sufferance. The bill further provides that the successor owner may file an unlawful detainer action three days after giving the tenant written termination notice. Finally, the bill provides that the tenant shall be responsible for payment of fair market rental from the date of the foreclosure until the date the tenant vacates the dwelling unit, as well as damages, and for payment of reasonable attorney fees and court costs."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 311"
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citation: "Virginia HB 311 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-01-04"
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last_action: "2018-03-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3257dc9e-43a5-4812-b45f-0cc50c2150ff"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB311"
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source_hash: "503e5ca2b6d48622cc2127f17d90cde1331992108bf4f83914c4b9bc412a8947"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 311 (2018) — Unlawful detainer, summons for; foreclosure.
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Provides that a former owner who remains in possession of a single-family residential dwelling unit on the date of a foreclosure sale becomes a tenant at sufferance. The bill further provides that the successor owner may file an unlawful detainer action three days after giving the tenant written termination notice. Finally, the bill provides that the tenant shall be responsible for payment of fair market rental from the date of the foreclosure until the date the tenant vacates the dwelling unit, as well as damages, and for payment of reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB311ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB311ER)
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2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102426D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB311)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107048D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB311S1)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107048D-S1 — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102426D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-19** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2018-02-19** Committee substitute agreed to 18107048D-S1
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- **2018-02-19** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB311S1
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- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107048D-S1 (99-Y 1-N)
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
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- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
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- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 255 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3257dc9e-43a5-4812-b45f-0cc50c2150ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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