republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1333.md

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Bill	Landlord and tenant; damage insurance shall conform to certain criteria.	Landlord and tenant; damage insurance in lieu of security deposit. Provides that a landlord may permit a tenant to provide damage insurance coverage meeting certain criteria in lieu of the payment of a security deposit. The bill also caps the total amount of any combination of security deposit and rental insurance coverage required by the landlord to twice the amount of the periodic rent payment and provides that a tenant who initially opts to provide damage insurance in lieu of a security deposit may, at any time without consent of the landlord, opt to pay the full security deposit to the landlord in lieu of maintaining a damage insurance policy.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1333	Virginia HB 1333 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mark L. Keam	6	41	7	2020-01-08	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/8dfe5aab-9a76-42df-ab7e-ddffb4ff2049	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1333	4fb5665eaa7960141f0c147533db6ddc3280c53541020c9ff188b1a9fe720b25	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1333 (2020) — Landlord and tenant; damage insurance shall conform to certain criteria.

Landlord and tenant; damage insurance in lieu of security deposit. Provides that a landlord may permit a tenant to provide damage insurance coverage meeting certain criteria in lieu of the payment of a security deposit. The bill also caps the total amount of any combination of security deposit and rental insurance coverage required by the landlord to twice the amount of the periodic rent payment and provides that a tenant who initially opts to provide damage insurance in lieu of a security deposit may, at any time without consent of the landlord, opt to pay the full security deposit to the landlord in lieu of maintaining a damage insurance policy.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0998) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1333ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1333EH1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1333EH1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1333S1 (committee substitute) — source
6. HB1333H1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (86-Y 12-N) — 85–12 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 9-N 1-A) — 84–9 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
• Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
• Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
• Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103215D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-28 Committee substitute printed 20106858D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-28 Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-31 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-03 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20106858D-H1
• 2020-02-04 Amendments by Delegate Coyner agreed to amendment-passage
• 2020-02-04 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1333EH1
• 2020-02-05 Printed as engrossed 20106858D-EH1
• 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (86-Y 12-N)
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB1333EH1)
• 2020-02-27 Committee substitute printed 20109267D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-27 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-03 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-03-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20109267D-S1
• 2020-03-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1333S1
• 2020-03-03 Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-04 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20109267D-S1 (85-Y 9-N 1-A)
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 9-N 1-A)
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1333S1)
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB1333ER)
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 998 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8dfe5aab-9a76-42df-ab7e-ddffb4ff2049. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).