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Bill Landlord and tenant; statement of tenant rights and responsibilities. Landlord and tenant; tenant rights and responsibilities; explanation and remedy for material noncompliance. Requiresthe Director of the Department of Housing and Community Developmentto develop a statement of tenant rights and responsibilities explainingin plain language the rights and responsibilities of tenants underthe Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (§ 55.1-1200 etseq.) and maintain such statement on the Department's website alongwith a form to be signed by the parties to a rental agreement. The bill requires that the statement be provided to any prospectivetenant and that the form developed by the Department be signed by the parties to the rental agreement. Failure to provide the statementof tenant rights and responsibilities to a prospective tenant orto provide a signed copy of the form with the copy of the signed rentalagreement creates a rebuttable presumption that a landlord who hasan assertion made against him of material noncompliance with the lease agreement has failed to maintain the dwelling unit in a fit and habitable condition. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 707 Virginia SB 707 (2020)
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Virginia SB 707 (2020) — Landlord and tenant; statement of tenant rights and responsibilities.

Landlord and tenant; tenant rights and responsibilities; explanation and remedy for material noncompliance. Requiresthe Director of the Department of Housing and Community Developmentto develop a statement of tenant rights and responsibilities explainingin plain language the rights and responsibilities of tenants underthe Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (§ 55.1-1200 etseq.) and maintain such statement on the Department's website alongwith a form to be signed by the parties to a rental agreement. The bill requires that the statement be provided to any prospectivetenant and that the form developed by the Department be signed by the parties to the rental agreement. Failure to provide the statementof tenant rights and responsibilities to a prospective tenant orto provide a signed copy of the form with the copy of the signed rentalagreement creates a rebuttable presumption that a landlord who hasan assertion made against him of material noncompliance with the lease agreement has failed to maintain the dwelling unit in a fit and habitable condition.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0986) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB707ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB707ES1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (SB707) (committee substitute) — source
  5. Impact statement from DPB (SB707H1) (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB707S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N) — 2–38 (fail) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 11-N) — 29–11 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 3-N) — 13–3 (pass) · upper
  • Senate acceded to request (36-Y 2-N) — 36–2 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 40-N) — 54–40 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 5-N) — 15–5 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 10-N) — 27–10 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N) — 58–38 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105101D introduction
  • 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB707)
  • 2020-01-29 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20106406D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-01-29 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-05 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-07 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20106406D-S1
  • 2020-02-07 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2020-02-07 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2020-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB707ES1
  • 2020-02-07 Printed as engrossed 20106406D-ES1
  • 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 10-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB707ES1)
  • 2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-18 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2020-02-18 Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-18 Committee substitute printed 20108620D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-02-20 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB707H1)
  • 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 20108620D-H1
  • 2020-02-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB707H1
  • 2020-02-21 Passed House with substitute (59-Y 38-N) passage
  • 2020-02-21 VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N)
  • 2020-02-25 House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N)
  • 2020-02-26 House insisted on substitute
  • 2020-02-26 House requested conference committee
  • 2020-02-28 Senate acceded to request (36-Y 2-N)
  • 2020-02-28 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2020-03-02 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
  • 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (29-Y 11-N)
  • 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 40-N)
  • 2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 40-N)
  • 2020-03-18 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-18 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
  • 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-03-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB707ER)
  • 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 986 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/141cb749-e8dc-4dc6-8b5f-797440f715c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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