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type: "Bill"
title: "Manufactured home parks; resident rights."
description: "Manufactured home parks; resident rights.Provides that a rental agreement with a term of one year or morewill not be automatically renewed if the tenant notifies the landlord60 days prior to the expiration date of such tenant's intent to notrenew the agreement. The bill permits a tenant to not renew a rentalagreement due to a change in terms of the agreement by the landlordif such tenant notifies the landlord of his intent to not renew therental agreement within 30 days of receiving the notice of the changein terms. The bill allows a landlord to include in a written rentalagreement a late fee, not to exceed 10 percent of the amount of therent due and owed, for unpaid rental payments. The bill increasesfrom 60 days or more to less than one year the term of a rental agreementthat may be terminated by written notice at least 60 days prior tothe termination date of the agreement. Finally, the bill removesthe right of a landlord to evict a tenant for two or more violationsof any rule or provision of the rental agreement occurring withina six-month period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "Virginia SB 232 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c06fe267-c107-4f31-9151-61bc6821f096"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB232"
source_hash: "33a861cd678db5295ab34635151fd1d67c94564b527de7f13db4c5a44f6f3b2f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 232 (2024) — Manufactured home parks; resident rights.
Manufactured home parks; resident rights.Provides that a rental agreement with a term of one year or morewill not be automatically renewed if the tenant notifies the landlord60 days prior to the expiration date of such tenant's intent to notrenew the agreement. The bill permits a tenant to not renew a rentalagreement due to a change in terms of the agreement by the landlordif such tenant notifies the landlord of his intent to not renew therental agreement within 30 days of receiving the notice of the changein terms. The bill allows a landlord to include in a written rentalagreement a late fee, not to exceed 10 percent of the amount of therent due and owed, for unpaid rental payments. The bill increasesfrom 60 days or more to less than one year the term of a rental agreementthat may be terminated by written notice at least 60 days prior tothe termination date of the agreement. Finally, the bill removesthe right of a landlord to evict a tenant for two or more violationsof any rule or provision of the rental agreement occurring withina six-month period.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0762** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0762)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24105670D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB232S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104650D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB232)
4. **SB232ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB232ER)
5. **SB232ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB232ES1)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (65-Y 34-N) — **6434** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (17-Y 5-N) — **175** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104650D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-17** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-17** Committee substitute printed 24105670D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB232S1)
- **2024-01-22** Passed by for the day
- **2024-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-01-23** Committee substitute agreed to 24105670D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-23** Reading of amendments waived
- **2024-01-23** Amendments by Senator Hashmi agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB232ES1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-23** Printed as engrossed 24105670D-ES1
- **2024-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB232ES1)
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from General Laws (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed House (65-Y 34-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** VOTE: Passage (65-Y 34-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB232ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB232ER)
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 762 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0762)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c06fe267-c107-4f31-9151-61bc6821f096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).