republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1660.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and tenant; landlord may obtain certain insurance for tenant, notice to tenant."
description: "Provides that if a rental agreement does not require the tenant to obtain renter's insurance, the landlord must provide a written notice to the tenant, prior to the execution of the rental agreement, stating that (i) the landlord is not responsible for the tenant's personal property, (ii) the landlord's insurance coverages do not cover the tenant's personal property, and (iii) if the tenant wishes to protect his personal property, he should obtain renter's insurance. The bill also requires such notice to inform the tenant that any such renter's insurance obtained by the tenant does not cover flood damage and advise the tenant to contact the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or visit the websites for FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program or the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation's Flood Risk Information System to obtain information regarding whether the property is located in a special flood hazard area. The bill provides that any failure of the landlord to provide such notice does not affect the validity of the rental agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1660"
citation: "Virginia HB 1660 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property and Conveyances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-01"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/084dd28f-ac7d-4cd4-9adc-2713c474adc1"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1660"
source_hash: "c8bf8339d50bb35617b46fdc9f0e430bc1b8ef70c361ccafe76290e17dfbcb6c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1660 (2019) — Landlord and tenant; landlord may obtain certain insurance for tenant, notice to tenant.

Provides that if a rental agreement does not require the tenant to obtain renter's insurance, the landlord must provide a written notice to the tenant, prior to the execution of the rental agreement, stating that (i) the landlord is not responsible for the tenant's personal property, (ii) the landlord's insurance coverages do not cover the tenant's personal property, and (iii) if the tenant wishes to protect his personal property, he should obtain renter's insurance. The bill also requires such notice to inform the tenant that any such renter's insurance obtained by the tenant does not cover flood damage and advise the tenant to contact the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or visit the websites for FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program or the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation's Flood Risk Information System to obtain information regarding whether the property is located in a special flood hazard area. The bill provides that any failure of the landlord to provide such notice does not affect the validity of the rental agreement.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0386)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0386)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1660)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1660ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1660ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105720D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1660H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100659D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1660)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100659D `introduction`
- **2018-12-01** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 19105720D-H1
- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1660H1
- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 386 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/084dd28f-ac7d-4cd4-9adc-2713c474adc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).