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| Bill | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, rental agreement noncompliance. | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; rental agreement noncompliance; victim of family abuse. Removes the requirement that a tenant who is a victim of family abuse provide the landlord prompt notification should the perpetrator return to the dwelling unit to prevent the landlord from terminating a lease solely due to such act of family abuse occurring in the dwelling unit or on the premises by a perpetrator barred from the dwelling unit. Under the bill, if the tenant provides the landlord with a copy of the protective order, should the perpetrator not already be barred from the unit by the landlord, the lease shall not be terminated due solely to an act of family abuse against the tenant by a perpetrator barred from the dwelling unit. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1408 | Virginia HB 1408 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1408 (2026) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, rental agreement noncompliance.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; rental agreement noncompliance; victim of family abuse. Removes the requirement that a tenant who is a victim of family abuse provide the landlord prompt notification should the perpetrator return to the dwelling unit to prevent the landlord from terminating a lease solely due to such act of family abuse occurring in the dwelling unit or on the premises by a perpetrator barred from the dwelling unit. Under the bill, if the tenant provides the landlord with a copy of the protective order, should the perpetrator not already be barred from the unit by the landlord, the lease shall not be terminated due solely to an act of family abuse against the tenant by a perpetrator barred from the dwelling unit.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 84–13 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Charlie Schmidt — primary (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey Dougherty — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 26103161D
introduction - 2026-01-22 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1408)
- 2026-01-27 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-03 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-06 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-02-06 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed House (84-Y 13-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 - 2026-02-25 Assigned GL&T sub: Housing
referral-committee - 2026-03-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-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 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1408ER)
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1408)
- 2026-03-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 844 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac035896-8e3a-4c11-976a-58c64047a83b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).