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Bill	Property owners' associations & unit owners' associations; rulemaking authority concerning smoking.	Property Owners' Association Act; Condominium Act; rulemaking authority of property owners' associations and unit owners' associations; smoking. Permits (i) except to the extent that the declaration provides otherwise, the board of directors of a property owners' association to establish reasonable rules that restrict smoking in the development, including (a) rules that prohibit smoking in the common areas and, (b) for developments that include attached private dwelling units, rules that prohibit smoking within such dwelling units, and (ii) except to the extent that the condominium instruments provide otherwise, the executive board of a condominium unit owners' association to establish reasonable rules that restrict smoking in the condominium, including rules that prohibit smoking in the common elements and within units. The bill clarifies the authority of executive boards of condominium unit owners' associations to establish, adopt, and enforce rules and regulations with respect to the use of the common elements of the condominium and with respect to such other areas of responsibility assigned to the unit owners' association by the condominium instruments, except where expressly reserved by the condominium instruments to the unit owners. The bill also permits unit owners, by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of the unit owners' association, to repeal or amend any rule or regulation adopted by the executive board. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 1842	Virginia HB 1842 (2021)	bill		enacted	Mark L. Keam	4	41	9	2021-01-07	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/e29c6227-ad0a-4fd5-bf0b-fa2447f7e95e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1842	bfdfbd6de4a9fa7d1adb99d16016329cc39d4717be1d88f7a7449b1e95360b3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1842 (2021) — Property owners' associations & unit owners' associations; rulemaking authority concerning smoking.

Property Owners' Association Act; Condominium Act; rulemaking authority of property owners' associations and unit owners' associations; smoking. Permits (i) except to the extent that the declaration provides otherwise, the board of directors of a property owners' association to establish reasonable rules that restrict smoking in the development, including (a) rules that prohibit smoking in the common areas and, (b) for developments that include attached private dwelling units, rules that prohibit smoking within such dwelling units, and (ii) except to the extent that the condominium instruments provide otherwise, the executive board of a condominium unit owners' association to establish reasonable rules that restrict smoking in the condominium, including rules that prohibit smoking in the common elements and within units. The bill clarifies the authority of executive boards of condominium unit owners' associations to establish, adopt, and enforce rules and regulations with respect to the use of the common elements of the condominium and with respect to such other areas of responsibility assigned to the unit owners' association by the condominium instruments, except where expressly reserved by the condominium instruments to the unit owners. The bill also permits unit owners, by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of the unit owners' association, to repeal or amend any rule or regulation adopted by the executive board. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0131 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1842ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102397D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 21102397D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption #2 (68-Y 31-N) — 67–31 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (66-Y 32-N) — 65–32 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 1-N) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (72-Y 27-N) — 71–27 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (27-Y 12-N) — 27–12 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with amendment (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102397D introduction
• 2021-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2021-01-14 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 1-N)
• 2021-01-14 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-14 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1842)
• 2021-01-14 Reported from General Laws with amendment (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-18 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-01-18 Engrossed by House as amended HB1842E
• 2021-01-18 Printed as engrossed 21102397D-E
• 2021-01-19 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB1842E)
• 2021-01-19 Read third time and passed House (72-Y 27-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-19 VOTE: Passage (72-Y 27-N)
• 2021-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-01-20 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-10 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-10 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-15 Reading of amendment waived
• 2021-02-15 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-02-15 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2021-02-15 Passed Senate with amendment (27-Y 12-N) passage
• 2021-02-17 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-17 Senate amendment agreed to by House (66-Y 32-N)
• 2021-02-17 VOTE: Adoption (66-Y 32-N)
• 2021-02-17 Reconsideration of Senate amendment agreed to by House
• 2021-02-17 Senate amendment agreed to by House (68-Y 31-N)
• 2021-02-17 VOTE: Adoption #2 (68-Y 31-N)
• 2021-02-22 Enrolled
• 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1842ER)
• 2021-02-22 Signed by President
• 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
• 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 131 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e29c6227-ad0a-4fd5-bf0b-fa2447f7e95e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).