republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1461.md

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Bill	Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator.	Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator. Prohibits a locality from barring an operator, as defined in existing law, from offering such property as a short-term rental solely on the basis that the operator is a lessee or sublessee of such property, provided that the property owner has granted permission for its use as a short-term rental. The bill adds an attestation that the property owner has granted such permission if the operator is a lessee or sublessee to the information that an operator must provide to annually register such short-term rental. The bill permits a locality to limit a lessee or sublessee to one short-term rental.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1461	Virginia HB 1461 (2024)	bill		enacted	Candi Mundon King	5	36	7	2024-01-19	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/68923312-c7b4-4631-8f3c-6c50f463b3a4	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1461	e7242f47117420cf3b2798849c1c8b85acb8b15c7cfa6b488f394cdebf6d912c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1461 (2024) — Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator.

Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator. Prohibits a locality from barring an operator, as defined in existing law, from offering such property as a short-term rental solely on the basis that the operator is a lessee or sublessee of such property, provided that the property owner has granted permission for its use as a short-term rental. The bill adds an attestation that the property owner has granted such permission if the operator is a lessee or sublessee to the information that an operator must provide to annually register such short-term rental. The bill permits a locality to limit a lessee or sublessee to one short-term rental. 

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0700 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24108491D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1461ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 24104022D (committee substitute) — source
5. Printed as engrossed 24104022D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (75-Y 20-N) — 74–20 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (18-Y 2-N) — 18–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 26-N) — 70–26 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Candi Mundon King — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24104022D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-08 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (18-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB1461E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24104022D-E
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (75-Y 20-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (75-Y 20-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 Committee substitute printed 24108491D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-03-05 Committee substitute agreed to 24108491D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1461S1 substitution
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) passage
• 2024-03-06 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108491D-S1 (71-Y 26-N) substitution
• 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 26-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1461ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 700 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0700)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68923312-c7b4-4631-8f3c-6c50f463b3a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).