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Bill Summons for unlawful detainer; notice to tenant, adverse employment actions prohibited. Summons for unlawful detainer; notice; adverseemployment actions prohibited. Requires any summons for unlawfuldetainer to include a notice to the tenant that it is unlawful forhis employer to discharge him from employment or take any adversepersonnel action against him for appearing at an initial or subsequenthearing on such summons, provided that he has given reasonable noticeof such hearing to his employer. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 1236 Virginia HB 1236 (2022)
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Virginia HB 1236 (2022) — Summons for unlawful detainer; notice to tenant, adverse employment actions prohibited.

Summons for unlawful detainer; notice; adverseemployment actions prohibited. Requires any summons for unlawfuldetainer to include a notice to the tenant that it is unlawful forhis employer to discharge him from employment or take any adversepersonnel action against him for appearing at an initial or subsequenthearing on such summons, provided that he has given reasonable noticeof such hearing to his employer.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0467 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1236ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Presented and ordered printed 22104518D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Clinton L. Jenkins — primary (person)
  • Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
  • Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 22104518D introduction
  • 2022-01-19 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2022-02-01 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2022-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-09 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-11 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-14 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2022-02-23 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-28 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-28 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-03 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-03 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-04 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 467 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dea90d33-c5d1-4307-af90-adb039893c1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).