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| Bill | Virginia Residential Landlord &Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; payment plan. Changes from five to 14 days the amount of time that landlords who own four or fewer rental dwelling units must wait after serving written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement. The bill requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units, or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, before terminating a rental agreement due to nonpayment of rent, to serve upon such tenant a written notice informing the tenant of the total amount due and owed and offer the tenant a payment plan under which the tenant must pay the total amount due and owed in equal monthly installments over a period of the lesser of six months or the time remaining under the rental agreement. The bill also outlines the remedies a landlord has if a tenant fails to pay the total amount due and owed or enter into a payment arrangement within 14 days of receiving notice or if the tenant enters into a payment arrangement but fails to pay within 14 days of the due date any rent that becomes due under the payment plan or arrangement after such plan or arrangement becomes effective. The bill clarifies that a tenant is not precluded from participating in any other rent relief programs available to the tenant through a nonprofit organization or under the provisions of a federal, state, or local law, regulation, or action. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 5088. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020specialI | HB 5064 | Virginia HB 5064 (2020specialI) |
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enacted | 6 | 60 | 14 | 2020-08-18 | 2020-11-09 | openstates | ocd-bill/f435300d-e77e-49a4-b1cd-f9f8f1aec012 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5064 | fa982c3d34263ef069309ab462d5723f66f63f060934552417ad4483d5a02290 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia HB 5064 (2020specialI) — Virginia Residential Landlord &Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; payment plan. Changes from five to 14 days the amount of time that landlords who own four or fewer rental dwelling units must wait after serving written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement. The bill requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units, or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, before terminating a rental agreement due to nonpayment of rent, to serve upon such tenant a written notice informing the tenant of the total amount due and owed and offer the tenant a payment plan under which the tenant must pay the total amount due and owed in equal monthly installments over a period of the lesser of six months or the time remaining under the rental agreement. The bill also outlines the remedies a landlord has if a tenant fails to pay the total amount due and owed or enter into a payment arrangement within 14 days of receiving notice or if the tenant enters into a payment arrangement but fails to pay within 14 days of the due date any rent that becomes due under the payment plan or arrangement after such plan or arrangement becomes effective. The bill clarifies that a tenant is not precluded from participating in any other rent relief programs available to the tenant through a nonprofit organization or under the provisions of a federal, state, or local law, regulation, or action. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 5088.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5064ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB5064E (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5064S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB5064) (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled bill text (HB5064ER2) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N) — 55–41 (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendments (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (19-Y 17-N) — 19–17 (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 41-N) — 54–41 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N) — 23–16 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 40-N) — 56–40 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 and #2 (37-Y 2-N) — 37–2 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 95-N) — 0–94 (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 and #4 (21-Y 17-N) — 21–17 (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (22-Y 14-N) — 22–14 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 3-N) — 10–3 (pass) · upper
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-08-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200266D
introduction - 2020-08-18 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-08-24 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-08-24 Reported from General Laws with amendments (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2020-08-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB5064)
- 2020-08-26 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-08-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-08-27 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2020-08-27 Engrossed by House as amended HB5064E
- 2020-08-27 Printed as engrossed 20200266D-E
- 2020-08-28 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 41-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-08-28 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 41-N)
- 2020-09-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-09-02 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-09-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB5064E)
- 2020-09-18 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2020-09-18 Committee substitute printed 20201219D-S1
substitution - 2020-09-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 2020-09-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-09-25 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-09-25 Committee substitute agreed to 20201219D-S1
- 2020-09-25 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5064S1
- 2020-09-25 Passed Senate with substitute (19-Y 17-N)
passage - 2020-09-25 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 2020-09-25 Passed by for the day
- 2020-10-01 Passed by temporarily
- 2020-10-01 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-10-01 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5064S1
- 2020-10-01 Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N)
passage - 2020-10-02 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-10-02 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
- 2020-10-02 VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 95-N)
- 2020-10-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB5064S1)
- 2020-10-07 Senate insisted on substitute (22-Y 14-N)
- 2020-10-07 Senate requested conference committee
- 2020-10-07 House acceded to request
- 2020-10-07 Conferees appointed by House
- 2020-10-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2020-10-14 Amended by conference committee
- 2020-10-14 Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 40-N)
- 2020-10-14 VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 40-N)
- 2020-10-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
- 2020-10-16 Enrolled
- 2020-10-16 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-10-16 Signed by President
- 2020-10-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- 2020-10-21 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- 2020-10-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB5064ER)
- 2020-10-28 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 2020-11-09 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (56-Y 41-N)
- 2020-11-09 VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N)
- 2020-11-09 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 and #2 (37-Y 2-N)
- 2020-11-09 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #3 and #4 (21-Y 17-N)
- 2020-11-09 Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- 2020-11-09 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2020-11-09 Reenrolled
- 2020-11-09 Reenrolled bill text (HB5064ER2)
- 2020-11-09 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2020-11-09 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2020-11-09 Enacted, Chapter 46 (effective 11/9/20)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f435300d-e77e-49a4-b1cd-f9f8f1aec012. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).