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Bill Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; responsibilities of real estate brokers, etc. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; responsibilities of real estate brokers; foreclosure of single-family residential dwelling units. Provides that if a dwelling unitused as a single-family residence is foreclosed upon and there isa tenant in such dwelling unit on the date of the foreclosure sale,if the successor in interest acquires the dwelling unit for the purposeof occupying such unit as his primary residence, the rental agreementterminates and the tenant is required to vacate the dwelling uniton a date not less than 90 days after receiving written notice. Thebill also provides that if the successor in interest acquires thedwelling unit for any other purpose, the successor in interest acquiresthe dwelling unit subject to the rental agreement and is requiredto permit the tenant to occupy the dwelling unit for the remainingterm of the lease. Under current law, the foreclosure sale acts asa termination of the rental agreement by the owner, but the tenantis permitted to remain in possession of the dwelling unit as a month-to-monthtenant on the terms of the terminated rental agreement until thesuccessor owner gives a notice of termination of the month-to-monthtenancy. The bill contains technical amendments. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 2229 Virginia HB 2229 (2021)
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Virginia HB 2229 (2021) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; responsibilities of real estate brokers, etc.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; responsibilities of real estate brokers; foreclosure of single-family residential dwelling units. Provides that if a dwelling unitused as a single-family residence is foreclosed upon and there isa tenant in such dwelling unit on the date of the foreclosure sale,if the successor in interest acquires the dwelling unit for the purposeof occupying such unit as his primary residence, the rental agreementterminates and the tenant is required to vacate the dwelling uniton a date not less than 90 days after receiving written notice. Thebill also provides that if the successor in interest acquires thedwelling unit for any other purpose, the successor in interest acquiresthe dwelling unit subject to the rental agreement and is requiredto permit the tenant to occupy the dwelling unit for the remainingterm of the lease. Under current law, the foreclosure sale acts asa termination of the rental agreement by the owner, but the tenantis permitted to remain in possession of the dwelling unit as a month-to-monthtenant on the terms of the terminated rental agreement until thesuccessor owner gives a notice of termination of the month-to-monthtenancy. The bill contains technical amendments.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0426 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB2229ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102538D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 309 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102538D introduction
  • 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2021-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
  • 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB2229)
  • 2021-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-26 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-27 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-01-28 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-01-29 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-02-01 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 Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-15 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-15 Passed by for the day
  • 2021-02-16 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-16 Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) passage
  • 2021-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB2229ER)
  • 2021-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-02-22 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
  • 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 426 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50ba6eb2-0905-48b7-a124-50b2876fa9ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).