republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2249.md

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Bill	Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord charges for security deposits.	Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;landlord charges for security deposits, insurance premiums for damageinsurance, and insurance premiums for renter's insurance; filingof information regarding resident agent appointed by nonresidentproperty owner. Prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenantto pay a security deposit, insurance premiums for damage insurance,and insurance premiums for renter's insurance prior to the commencementof the tenancy that exceed the amount of two months' periodic rent.The bill permits a landlord, however, to add a monthly amount asadditional rent to recover additional costs of such damage insuranceor renter's insurance premiums. The bill also removes provisions allowing a landlord to permit a tenant to provide damage insurance coveragein lieu of the payment of a security deposit. Finally, the bill requiresnonresident property owners to file the name and office address ofthe agent appointed by such nonresident property owner in the officeof the clerk of the State Corporation Commission. Under current law,such information must be filed in the office of the clerk of thecourt in which deeds are recorded in the county or city in whichthe property lies.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2249	Virginia HB 2249 (2021)	bill		enacted	Delores L. McQuinn	5	41	8	2021-01-13	2021-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/846f9790-c1a2-41f9-b6e4-ff33405778c0	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2249	430c5a7e4038cbbefa1139f8d819dacd486ff79688896dbd68d01e4aeb23a117	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2249 (2021) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord charges for security deposits.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;landlord charges for security deposits, insurance premiums for damageinsurance, and insurance premiums for renter's insurance; filingof information regarding resident agent appointed by nonresidentproperty owner. Prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenantto pay a security deposit, insurance premiums for damage insurance,and insurance premiums for renter's insurance prior to the commencementof the tenancy that exceed the amount of two months' periodic rent.The bill permits a landlord, however, to add a monthly amount asadditional rent to recover additional costs of such damage insuranceor renter's insurance premiums. The bill also removes provisions allowing a landlord to permit a tenant to provide damage insurance coveragein lieu of the payment of a security deposit. Finally, the bill requiresnonresident property owners to file the name and office address ofthe agent appointed by such nonresident property owner in the officeof the clerk of the State Corporation Commission. Under current law,such information must be filed in the office of the clerk of thecourt in which deeds are recorded in the county or city in whichthe property lies.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0427 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103524D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 21200050D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB2249ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102708D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N) — 54–43 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 1-N 1-A) — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N) — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N) — 55–43 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N) — 26–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102708D introduction
• 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2021-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2021-01-21 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
• 2021-01-26 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-26 Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-26 Committee substitute printed 21103524D-H1 substitution
• 2021-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-28 Passed by for the day
• 2021-02-01 Passed by for the day
• 2021-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 21103524D-H1
• 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2249H1
• 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House (56-Y 43-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-03 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N)
• 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-04 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 Committee substitute printed 21200050D-S1 substitution
• 2021-02-10 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 1-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 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-15 Committee substitute agreed to 21200050D-S1
• 2021-02-15 Passed by for the day
• 2021-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB2249S1)
• 2021-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-16 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2249S1
• 2021-02-16 Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N) passage
• 2021-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-18 Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200050D-S1 ( 55-Y 43-N)
• 2021-02-18 VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N)
• 2021-02-22 Enrolled
• 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB2249ER)
• 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
• 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 427 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/846f9790-c1a2-41f9-b6e4-ff33405778c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).