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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods, prohibited fees."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1005"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1005 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ed753f3-7bbe-42aa-8b86-edd554f40850"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1005"
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source_hash: "6c20e476c2ee83edabaff7ccd5da4fb138198d79943dac90a3da747514b99bb2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1005 (2026) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods, prohibited fees.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086867.PDF)
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2. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211645.HTML)
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3. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211641.PDF)
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4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116304.PDF)
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5. **General Laws Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115384.HTML)
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6. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103016.HTML)
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7. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195919.PDF)
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8. **Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103459.HTML)
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9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214233.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) — **15–6** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **62–35** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Insist & Request R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **62–35** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **0–98** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100304D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1005)
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- **2026-01-26** Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-08** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1005)
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-25** Assigned GL&T sub: Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Committee substitute printed 26108555D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1005)
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- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-12** Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** House acceded to request
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-12** House Conferees: Tran, Hernandez, Wiley
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Conferees: Bennett-Parker, VanValkenburg, French
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- **2026-03-14** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1005)
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1005ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1005)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 722 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ed753f3-7bbe-42aa-8b86-edd554f40850`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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