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Bill	Landlord and tenant; charge for late payment of rent, restrictions.	Landlord and tenant; charge for late payment of rent; restrictions. Provides that a landlord shall not charge a tenant for late payment of rent unless such charge is provided for in the written rental agreement, and that no such late charge shall exceed the lesser of 10 percent of the periodic rent or 10 percent of the remaining balance due and owed by the tenant. This bill contains an emergency clause and incorporates HB 1669.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1420	Virginia HB 1420 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jeffrey M. Bourne	5	39	8	2020-01-08	2020-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/f04c1879-dd4c-4f88-9b9e-38fc07332d32	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1420	38ba175c3e1bc4de181aac7a874632e6eac04e0bce2c5d4e7fad1576426ea6bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1420 (2020) — Landlord and tenant; charge for late payment of rent, restrictions.

Landlord and tenant; charge for late payment of rent; restrictions. Provides that a landlord shall not charge a tenant for late payment of rent unless such charge is provided for in the written rental agreement, and that no such late charge shall exceed the lesser of 10 percent of the periodic rent or 10 percent of the remaining balance due and owed by the tenant. This bill contains an emergency clause and incorporates HB 1669.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1231) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1420ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1420H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1420H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Reenrolled bill text (HB1420ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (34-Y 6-N) — 34–6 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: (68-Y 26-N) — 67–26 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 1-N) — 11–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (80-Y 20-N) — 79–20 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
• Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102897D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20107394D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-04 Incorporates HB1669 (Collins)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20107394D-H1
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1420H1
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (80-Y 20-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (80-Y 20-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1420H1)
• 2020-02-27 Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-03 Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) passage
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1420ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 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
• 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2020-04-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (68-Y 26-N)
• 2020-04-22 VOTE: (68-Y 26-N)
• 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (34-Y 6-N)
• 2020-04-22 Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
• 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (HB1420ER2)
• 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1231 (effective 4/22/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f04c1879-dd4c-4f88-9b9e-38fc07332d32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).