republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-197.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	SB 197	Virginia SB 197 (2018)	bill	Property and Conveyances	enacted	Mamie E. Locke	4	22	6	2018-01-01	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/5d2e931c-c1fe-4ef3-9dbc-be8848cd1468	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB197	ecfb8c3ca7b5c3c49637a7137c74d08c996dca53ace98b4d2990f6b97a4aa7f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 197 (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: Committee substitute printed 18107153D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB197ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102102D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 18102102D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute — 97–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-01 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102102D introduction
• 2018-01-01 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2018-01-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-25 Reading of amendments waived
• 2018-01-25 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2018-01-25 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB197E
• 2018-01-25 Printed as engrossed 18102102D-E
• 2018-01-31 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-31 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 18107153D-H1
• 2018-02-20 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB197H1
• 2018-02-20 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 1-N 1-A) passage
• 2018-02-22 Title replaced 18107153D-H1
• 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 233 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d2e931c-c1fe-4ef3-9dbc-be8848cd1468. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).