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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; certain notices of termination."
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description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;notice of termination to contain legal services contact information.Provides that no notice of termination of tenancy served upon anyresidential tenant is effective unless it contains on its first page,in type no smaller or less legible than that otherwise used in thebody of the notice, the name, address, and telephone number of thelegal services program, if any, serving the jurisdiction in whichthe premises is located. The same requirement is currently only applicableto a public housing authority organized under the Housing AuthoritiesLaw."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 115"
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citation: "Virginia SB 115 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-12-14"
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last_action: "2020-03-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/168f1ab0-98ca-47d3-ac93-8a4443cb6b63"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB115"
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source_hash: "88f2dc87dfcd322d41fddcd4d39fa91237579b132ec734e4485daaa16b459283"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 115 (2020) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; certain notices of termination.
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;notice of termination to contain legal services contact information.Provides that no notice of termination of tenancy served upon anyresidential tenant is effective unless it contains on its first page,in type no smaller or less legible than that otherwise used in thebody of the notice, the name, address, and telephone number of thelegal services program, if any, serving the jurisdiction in whichthe premises is located. The same requirement is currently only applicableto a public housing authority organized under the Housing AuthoritiesLaw.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0182)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0182)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB115ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB115ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB115E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB115E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB115)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB115)
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5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB115H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB115H1)
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## Votes
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (29-Y 10-N) — **29–10** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (64-Y 36-N) — **63–36** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101741D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB115)
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- **2020-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-20** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-01-20** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-01-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB115E
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- **2020-01-20** Printed as engrossed 20101741D-E
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- **2020-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB115E)
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- **2020-02-13** Committee substitute printed 20108246D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB115H1)
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- **2020-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 20108246D-H1
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- **2020-02-18** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB115H1
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- **2020-02-18** Passed House with substitute (64-Y 36-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-18** VOTE: Passage (64-Y 36-N)
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- **2020-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Title replaced 20108246D-H1
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- **2020-02-20** Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (29-Y 10-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB115ER)
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- **2020-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
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- **2020-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
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- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 182 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/168f1ab0-98ca-47d3-ac93-8a4443cb6b63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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