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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods.	Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods. Prohibits a landlord subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from charging a tenant any fee for the collection or processing of any payment of rent, security deposit, or any other fees, unless the landlord offers an alternative method of payment that does not include additional fees. This bill is identical to HB 2218.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 1356	Virginia SB 1356 (2025)	bill		enacted	Kannan Srinivasan	6	43	9	2025-01-13	2025-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/b85fa794-53f0-4c33-8c97-4360830705f4	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1356	4a6dfa6dbe9858fdc7d99843147e413d05cfc6842cf6f45458bc91217eef7c87	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1356 (2025) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods. Prohibits a landlord subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from charging a tenant any fee for the collection or processing of any payment of rent, security deposit, or any other fees, unless the landlord offers an alternative method of payment that does not include additional fees. This bill is identical to HB 2218.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
4. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N) — 25–14 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N) — 50–46 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 6-N) — 90–6 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kannan Srinivasan — primary (person)
• Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103248D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-13 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2025-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1356)
• 2025-01-20 Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-22 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-22 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-23 Engrossed by Senate
• 2025-01-24 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-27 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2025-02-06 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2025-02-13 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-13 Committee substitute printed 25107536D-H1 substitution
• 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1356)
• 2025-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-18 Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-18 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-18 Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N) passage
• 2025-02-19 House substitute agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N) substitution
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1356ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1356)
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 6-N)
• 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (SB1356ER2) enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 627 (Effective 07/01/2025) became-law
• 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b85fa794-53f0-4c33-8c97-4360830705f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).