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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; tenant's right of redemption."
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description: "Extends the amount of time that a tenant may have an unlawful detainer dismissed to two days before a writ of eviction is delivered to be executed if the tenant pays all amounts claimed on the summons in unlawful detainer to the landlord, the landlord's attorney, or the court. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1898"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1898 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Property and Conveyances"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Carroll Foy"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-04"
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last_action: "2019-02-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0347fb9a-eb34-4d1b-befc-810dd3a4572e"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1898"
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source_hash: "1c137ac51f1a92f682a56227abd36e86d8cb075db00536bcfa18e38d44de72ba"
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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 1898 (2019) — Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; tenant's right of redemption.
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Extends the amount of time that a tenant may have an unlawful detainer dismissed to two days before a writ of eviction is delivered to be executed if the tenant pays all amounts claimed on the summons in unlawful detainer to the landlord, the landlord's attorney, or the court. This bill is identical to
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0028)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0028)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1898)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1898ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1898ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104868D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1898H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103851D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1898)
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## Votes
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer Carroll Foy — primary (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103851D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-14** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-22** Committee substitute agreed to 19104868D-H1
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- **2019-01-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1898H1
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- **2019-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-07** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-07** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-08** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 8, 2019
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- **2019-02-08** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 15, 2019
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- **2019-02-15** Approved by Governor-Chapter 28 (effective 7/1/19) `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/0347fb9a-eb34-4d1b-befc-810dd3a4572e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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