republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-855.md

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Bill	Landlord and tenant law; notice requirements, landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation.	Changes the landlord and tenant law notice requirements for landlords to accept full or partial rent while continuing to proceed with a court action to obtain an order of possession and subsequent eviction by creating a single notice and removing the requirement for second notice for the time period between entry of an order of possession and prior to eviction. The bill provides that the landlord may accept full or partial payment of rent and still receive an order of possession and proceed with eviction if the landlord states in the written notice to the tenant that any payment of rent, damages, money judgment, award of attorney fees, and court costs would be accepted with reservation and not constitute a waiver of the landlord's right to evict the tenant from the dwelling unit. The bill also provides that if a dwelling unit is a public housing unit or other housing unit subject to regulation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, written notice of acceptance of rent with reservation need not be given to any public agency paying a portion of the rent under the rental agreement. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 855	Virginia HB 855 (2018)	bill	Property and Conveyances	enacted	Christopher K. Peace	3	17	6	2018-01-09	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/46c6c045-7d53-40f2-81b9-ff0c42c619b3	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB855	10719a12fac7d8663e1cf9ad5562d5514a62e697683ba768834fcd4b20dd2ec9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 855 (2018) — Landlord and tenant law; notice requirements, landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation.

Changes the landlord and tenant law notice requirements for landlords to accept full or partial rent while continuing to proceed with a court action to obtain an order of possession and subsequent eviction by creating a single notice and removing the requirement for second notice for the time period between entry of an order of possession and prior to eviction. The bill provides that the landlord may accept full or partial payment of rent and still receive an order of possession and proceed with eviction if the landlord states in the written notice to the tenant that any payment of rent, damages, money judgment, award of attorney fees, and court costs would be accepted with reservation and not constitute a waiver of the landlord's right to evict the tenant from the dwelling unit. The bill also provides that if a dwelling unit is a public housing unit or other housing unit subject to regulation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, written notice of acceptance of rent with reservation need not be given to any public agency paying a portion of the rent under the rental agreement. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB855ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 18106220D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102117D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 96–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102117D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2018-01-24 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 18106220D-H1
• 2018-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB855H1
• 2018-02-12 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 3-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2018-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled
• 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-28 Signed by President
• 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
• 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 220 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46c6c045-7d53-40f2-81b9-ff0c42c619b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).