republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1482.md

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Bill	Unlawful detainer actions; no rental agreement between owner and occupant.	Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; unlawful detainer action; emergency hearings. Provides for an emergency hearing to occur on a summons for unlawful detainer filed by an owner of a residential single family dwelling unit if the court finds based upon the evidence that (i) no rental agreement exists or has ever existed between the owner and the occupant; (ii) the occupant occupies such dwelling unit without permission of such owner; and (iii) the owner has given such occupant a written notice to vacate such dwelling unit at least 72 hours prior to the date of filing. Under the bill, an emergency hearing on such summons shall occur as soon as practicable, but not more than 14 days from the date of filing.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1482	Virginia HB 1482 (2024)	bill		enacted	James A. "Jay" Leftwich	4	32	7	2024-01-19	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/90f4e17f-5cd1-426e-a78b-65e1f9279aaf	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1482	a53b63da6f236d160dac54fd35f2ece81e69101c327d7baa2147c3d4ea37764c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1482 (2024) — Unlawful detainer actions; no rental agreement between owner and occupant.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; unlawful detainer action; emergency hearings. Provides for an emergency hearing to occur on a summons for unlawful detainer filed by an owner of a residential single family dwelling unit if the court finds based upon the evidence that (i) no rental agreement exists or has ever existed between the owner and the occupant; (ii) the occupant occupies such dwelling unit without permission of such owner; and (iii) the owner has given such occupant a written notice to vacate such dwelling unit at least 72 hours prior to the date of filing. Under the bill, an emergency hearing on such summons shall occur as soon as practicable, but not more than 14 days from the date of filing.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0331 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107007D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1482ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 24105258D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Referred from General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105258D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB1482)
• 2024-01-30 Referred from General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) substitution
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute printed 24107007D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107007D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1482H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB1482H1)
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1482ER) passage
• 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB1482ER)
• 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-09 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 331 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90f4e17f-5cd1-426e-a78b-65e1f9279aaf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).