republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1487.md

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Bill	DHCD; translation of certain forms and documents into five non-English languages on website, etc.	Department of Housing and Community Development; forms and documents for landlords and tenants; translation into non-English languages. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to translate all forms and documents that the Department is mandated by law to create and that are posted on its website for use by residential landlords and tenants into the five non-English languages most commonly spoken in Virginia. The bill allows the Department to accept materials translated by volunteers but requires the Department to verify the accuracy of such translations prior to making such translations available on its website.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1487	Virginia HB 1487 (2024)	bill		enacted	Kathy K.L. Tran	4	32	6	2024-01-19	2024-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/d8e01da2-d0ae-492e-adea-2fcbeabf3b1a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1487	067a347ddc192fc0dc22425165aac0245f654dee83dbec1df3e5221d4a0eda5e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1487 (2024) — DHCD; translation of certain forms and documents into five non-English languages on website, etc.

Department of Housing and Community Development; forms and documents for landlords and tenants; translation into non-English languages. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to translate all forms and documents that the Department is mandated by law to create and that are posted on its website for use by residential landlords and tenants into the five non-English languages most commonly spoken in Virginia. The bill allows the Department to accept materials translated by volunteers but requires the Department to verify the accuracy of such translations prior to making such translations available on its website.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0332 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106368D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1487ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 24105783D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N) — 57–40 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 6-N) — 14–6 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105783D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1487)
• 2024-01-26 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) substitution
• 2024-02-06 Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Committee substitute printed 24106368D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB1487H1)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24106368D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1487H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed House (58-Y 40-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-12 VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-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 by for the day
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1487ER) 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
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 332 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0332)
• 2024-04-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1487ER)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8e01da2-d0ae-492e-adea-2fcbeabf3b1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).