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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 HB 14. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 290 Virginia SB 290 (2026)
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Virginia SB 290 (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 HB 14.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws and Technology — 96 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws — 165 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 6532 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 2118 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
  • Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
  • Angelia Williams Graves — 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 26100628D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2026-01-21 Assigned GL&T sub: Housing referral-committee
  • 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB290)
  • 2026-01-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-30 Rules suspended
  • 2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-01-30 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-02 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-06 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2026-02-19 Reported from General Laws (16-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-23 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-24 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-24 Passed House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB290ER) passage
  • 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB290)
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 543 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0543)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f1276c9-fd66-4894-adfc-c6193161b793. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).