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Bill Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord may obtain insurance for tenant. Requires a landlord that has obtained renter's insurance coverage on behalf of his tenants to include, as part of the summary of the insurance policy or certificate evidencing the coverage as currently required by law, a statement regarding whether the insurance policy contains a waiver of subrogation provision. The bill provides that any failure of the landlord to provide such summary or certificate, or to make available a copy of the insurance policy, shall not affect the validity of the rental agreement. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2304 Virginia HB 2304 (2019)
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Property and Conveyances
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James A. "Jay" Leftwich
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Virginia HB 2304 (2019) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord may obtain insurance for tenant.

Requires a landlord that has obtained renter's insurance coverage on behalf of his tenants to include, as part of the summary of the insurance policy or certificate evidencing the coverage as currently required by law, a statement regarding whether the insurance policy contains a waiver of subrogation provision. The bill provides that any failure of the landlord to provide such summary or certificate, or to make available a copy of the insurance policy, shall 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 (CHAP0394) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2304ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Committee substitute printed 19106151D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100281D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate — 373 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100281D introduction
  • 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19106151D-H1
  • 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2304H1
  • 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2019-02-20 Passed by for the day
  • 2019-02-21 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-23 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-23 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-23 Signed by President
  • 2019-03-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
  • 2019-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 394 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1bc9e4e-12c6-4d73-8257-d22d2397de68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).