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| Bill | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. Provides that if a condition exists in a dwelling unit that constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or with any provision of law that, if not remedied within a reasonable time frame, constitutes a fire hazard or serious threat to the life, health, or safety of a tenant or occupant of the premises, a locality may institute an action on behalf of any tenant or occupant of the premises who is injured by such material noncompliance for injunction and damages to enforce the landlord's duty to maintain the dwelling unit in a fit and habitable condition, provided that (i) the premises where the violation occurred is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the locality and (ii) the locality has notified the landlord who owns the premises, either directly or through the managing agent, of the nature of the violation and the landlord has failed to remedy the violation to the satisfaction of the locality within a reasonable time after receiving such notice. This bill is identical to SB 290. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 14 | Virginia HB 14 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 14 (2026) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. Provides that if a condition exists in a dwelling unit that constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or with any provision of law that, if not remedied within a reasonable time frame, constitutes a fire hazard or serious threat to the life, health, or safety of a tenant or occupant of the premises, a locality may institute an action on behalf of any tenant or occupant of the premises who is injured by such material noncompliance for injunction and damages to enforce the landlord's duty to maintain the dwelling unit in a fit and habitable condition, provided that (i) the premises where the violation occurred is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the locality and (ii) the locality has notified the landlord who owns the premises, either directly or through the managing agent, of the nature of the violation and the landlord has failed to remedy the violation to the satisfaction of the locality within a reasonable time after receiving such notice. This bill is identical to SB 290.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from General Laws — 17–4 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 66–33 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–2 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- JJ Singh — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102047D
filing, introduction - 2025-12-22 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB14)
- 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
- 2026-01-27 Reported from General Laws (17-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-30 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed House (66-Y 33-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Assigned GL&T sub: Housing
referral-committee - 2026-03-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 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 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB14ER)
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 (HB14)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 542 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0542)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35e52c5e-1ba8-4d9c-94ef-c5df4acf4a49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).