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| Bill | Landlord and tenant; remedy for unlawful ouster, ex parte issuance of order to recover possession. | Landlord and tenant; remedy for unlawful ouster; ex parte issuance of order to recover possession. Provides that, upon receipt of a petition for an order to recover possession or restore essential services alleging a tenant's unlawful ouster from the rental premises and a finding that the petitioner has attempted to provide the landlord with actual notice of the hearing on the petition, the judge of the general district court may issue such order ex parte upon a finding of good cause to do so. The bill further provides that an ex parte order shall be a preliminary order that specifies a date for a full hearing on the merits of the petition, to be held within five days of the issuance of the ex parte order. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1401 | Virginia HB 1401 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1401 (2020) — Landlord and tenant; remedy for unlawful ouster, ex parte issuance of order to recover possession.
Landlord and tenant; remedy for unlawful ouster; ex parte issuance of order to recover possession. Provides that, upon receipt of a petition for an order to recover possession or restore essential services alleging a tenant's unlawful ouster from the rental premises and a finding that the petitioner has attempted to provide the landlord with actual notice of the hearing on the petition, the judge of the general district court may issue such order ex parte upon a finding of good cause to do so. The bill further provides that an ex parte order shall be a preliminary order that specifies a date for a full hearing on the merits of the petition, to be held within five days of the issuance of the ex parte order.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1401ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB1401E (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB1401E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Referred from General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101111D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Referred from General Laws
- 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2020-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-27 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-30 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-30 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2020-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended HB1401E
- 2020-01-30 Printed as engrossed 20101111D-E
- 2020-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-20 Enrolled
- 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-21 Signed by President
- 2020-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- 2020-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 30 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/922eee80-0143-4715-b065-4e8a95f89436. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).