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Bill Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant's remedies, condemnation of dwelling unit. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant's remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit due to condemnation. Provides that the landlord shall be liable to the tenant for actual damages and reasonable attorney fees if the tenant gave notice to the landlord during the tenancy that his dwelling unit was in violation of an applicable building code, such violation posed a substantial risk to the health, safety, and welfare of a tenant, and such violation resulted in the tenant being excluded from his dwelling unit due to such unit being condemned. The bill includes exceptions to such liability, including negligence by the tenant, an act of God, and termination due to certain fire damage. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 957 Virginia HB 957 (2024)
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Virginia HB 957 (2024) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant's remedies, condemnation of dwelling unit.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant's remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit due to condemnation. Provides that the landlord shall be liable to the tenant for actual damages and reasonable attorney fees if the tenant gave notice to the landlord during the tenancy that his dwelling unit was in violation of an applicable building code, such violation posed a substantial risk to the health, safety, and welfare of a tenant, and such violation resulted in the tenant being excluded from his dwelling unit due to such unit being condemned. The bill includes exceptions to such liability, including negligence by the tenant, an act of God, and termination due to certain fire damage.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0825 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24107522D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB957ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB957ER2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101543D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 6-N) — 14–6 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Adoption (68-Y 32-N) — 67–32 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (69-Y 29-N) — 68–29 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
  • Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
  • Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
  • Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
  • Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
  • Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101543D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2024-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB957)
  • 2024-01-26 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
  • 2024-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-08 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-08 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-08 Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-08 Committee substitute printed 24107522D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-12 Passed by temporarily
  • 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107522D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB957H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB957H1)
  • 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (69-Y 29-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (69-Y 29-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 (12-Y 3-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 19-N) passage
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB957ER) 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 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
  • 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (68-Y 32-N)
  • 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (68-Y 32-N)
  • 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
  • 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB957ER2) enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 825 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
  • 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0825)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b31cc63-d437-4cfc-ad1e-5e7a29521920. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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