republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-388.md

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Bill	Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; return of security deposit.	Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; return of security deposit. Requires the landlord to return the tenant's security deposit, minus any deductions or charges, within 45 days of the termination of the tenancy or the date the tenant vacates the dwelling unit, whichever occurs last. Under current law, the 45-day period to return the security deposit begins on the date of the termination of the tenancy. This bill is identical to HB 594.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 388	Virginia SB 388 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jeremy S. McPike	3	24	6	2020-01-06	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/86a7b063-cdde-4b05-810f-69afb1c531b0	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB388	1b63385fe51d7c099eda1e8d7021fd49f6817ac802a1ced9d89ebdce6f7683b5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 388 (2020) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; return of security deposit.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; return of security deposit. Requires the landlord to return the tenant's security deposit, minus any deductions or charges, within 45 days of the termination of the tenancy or the date the tenant vacates the dwelling unit, whichever occurs last. Under current law, the 45-day period to return the security deposit begins on the date of the termination of the tenancy. This bill is identical to HB 594.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0823) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB388ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB388) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102347D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB388)
• 2020-01-15 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-20 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-20 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-25 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-03 Signed by President
• 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB388ER)
• 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
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 823 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86a7b063-cdde-4b05-810f-69afb1c531b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).