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| Bill | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; definition of essential services. | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; essential services. Adds central air conditioning when supplied by the landlord and operating or represented as operating as of the effective date of the rental agreement to the list of what constitutes an essential service for purposes of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 519 | Virginia HB 519 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 519 (2026) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; definition of essential services.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; essential services. Adds central air conditioning when supplied by the landlord and operating or represented as operating as of the effective date of the rental agreement to the list of what constitutes an essential service for purposes of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 63–35 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) — 15–6 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — 9–6 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100423D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB519)
- 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 (HB519)
- 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed House (63-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 - 2026-02-25 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 (HB519ER)
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 (HB519)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 624 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0624)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c37a817-fb1d-4709-b6f5-e27f2de1e671. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).