republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1005.md

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Bill	Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods, prohibited fees.	Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods; prohibited fees. Requires a landlord subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to accept payment of periodic rent and any security deposit by check and money order. The bill additionally prohibits such a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay any fee to submit periodic rent payments or other amounts due in excess of the actual out-of-pocket expenses charged to the landlord by a third party to process a payment. Finally, the bill prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay any fee for the maintenance or repair of any dwelling unit unless the repair is necessitated by the tenant's violation of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. This bill is identical to SB 313.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1005	Virginia HB 1005 (2026)	bill		enacted	Kathy K.L. Tran	9	48	10	2026-01-14	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/9ed753f3-7bbe-42aa-8b86-edd554f40850	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1005	6c20e476c2ee83edabaff7ccd5da4fb138198d79943dac90a3da747514b99bb2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1005 (2026) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods, prohibited fees.

Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods; prohibited fees. Requires a landlord subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to accept payment of periodic rent and any security deposit by check and money order. The bill additionally prohibits such a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay any fee to submit periodic rent payments or other amounts due in excess of the actual out-of-pocket expenses charged to the landlord by a third party to process a payment. Finally, the bill prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay any fee for the maintenance or repair of any dwelling unit unless the repair is necessitated by the tenant's violation of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. This bill is identical to SB 313.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
3. Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. General Laws Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. General Laws and Technology Amendment (committee substitute) — source
7. General Laws and Technology Substitute (committee substitute) — source
8. Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) — 15–6 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 62–35 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 62–35 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 0–98 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100304D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1005)
• 2026-01-26 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
• 2026-02-03 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-06 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-08 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1005)
• 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-25 Assigned GL&T sub: Housing referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26108555D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1005)
• 2026-03-06 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-06 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-12 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-12 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 House acceded to request
• 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Tran, Hernandez, Wiley
• 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-12 Senate Conferees: Bennett-Parker, VanValkenburg, French
• 2026-03-14 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1005)
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1005ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1005)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 722 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ed753f3-7bbe-42aa-8b86-edd554f40850. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).