republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-340.md

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Bill	Emergency laws; civil relief, citizens of the Commonwealth furloughed.	Emergency laws; civil relief; citizens of the Commonwealth furloughed or otherwise not receiving wages or payments due to closure of the federal government or declaration of Emergency by the Governor. Provides a 60-day stay of an unlawful detainer for nonpayment of rent for tenants and a 30-day stay of foreclosure proceedings for homeowners of, and owners who rent to a tenant, a one-family to four-family residential dwelling unit who request a stay and provide written proof, defined in the bill, that they are (i) an employee of the United States government, (ii) an independent contractor for the United States government, or (iii) an employee of a company under contract with the United States government who was furloughed or was or is otherwise not receiving wages or payments as a result of a closure of the United States government, defined in the bill. The bill requires homeowners and owners who rent to a tenant a one-family to four-family residential dwelling unit to request such stay of foreclosure proceedings within 90 days of a closure of the United States government or 90 days following the end of such closure, whichever is later. The bill also expands the available relief to any tenant, homeowner, or owner affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic public health crisis during the period for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency (the Emergency). The bill contains an emergency clause and provides that the expanded relief provisions shall expire 90 days following the end of the Emergency.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 340	Virginia HB 340 (2020)	bill		enacted	Marcia S. "Cia" Price	6	40	10	2020-01-01	2020-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/77c2e112-fef4-4eef-a66a-2daa3239d3b0	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB340	6c35df65e1d88e1f12da7b0c76fc8b1d26c32f56ab1bce2f141a0f6177ee22df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 340 (2020) — Emergency laws; civil relief, citizens of the Commonwealth furloughed.

Emergency laws; civil relief; citizens of the Commonwealth furloughed or otherwise not receiving wages or payments due to closure of the federal government or declaration of Emergency by the Governor. Provides a 60-day stay of an unlawful detainer for nonpayment of rent for tenants and a 30-day stay of foreclosure proceedings for homeowners of, and owners who rent to a tenant, a one-family to four-family residential dwelling unit who request a stay and provide written proof, defined in the bill, that they are (i) an employee of the United States government, (ii) an independent contractor for the United States government, or (iii) an employee of a company under contract with the United States government who was furloughed or was or is otherwise not receiving wages or payments as a result of a closure of the United States government, defined in the bill. The bill requires homeowners and owners who rent to a tenant a one-family to four-family residential dwelling unit to request such stay of foreclosure proceedings within 90 days of a closure of the United States government or 90 days following the end of such closure, whichever is later. The bill also expands the available relief to any tenant, homeowner, or owner affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic public health crisis during the period for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency (the Emergency). The bill contains an emergency clause and provides that the expanded relief provisions shall expire 90 days following the end of the Emergency.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1202) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB340ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB340E (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House as amended HB340E (committee substitute) — source
5. HB340H1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Reenrolled bill text (HB340ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (63-Y 35-N) — 62–35 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: (57-Y 37-N) — 56–37 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N) — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage #2 (65-Y 34-N) — 64–34 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with amendments (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-01 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104151D introduction
• 2020-01-01 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 2-N)
• 2020-01-28 Reported from General Laws with amendments (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-31 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-01-31 Engrossed by House as amended HB340E
• 2020-01-31 Printed as engrossed 20104151D-E
• 2020-02-03 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-03 VOTE: Passage (63-Y 35-N)
• 2020-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2020-02-03 Passed House (65-Y 34-N) passage
• 2020-02-03 VOTE: Passage #2 (65-Y 34-N)
• 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage
• 2020-02-27 Enrolled
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
• 2020-03-06 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2020-04-11 Governor's substitute printed 20110192D-H1
• 2020-04-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 37-N)
• 2020-04-22 VOTE: (57-Y 37-N)
• 2020-04-22 Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (HB340ER2)
• 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1202 (effective 4/22/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77c2e112-fef4-4eef-a66a-2daa3239d3b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).