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type: "Bill"
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title: "Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel."
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description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant remedies; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel. Removes the requirement that military personnel terminating a rental agreement due to identified permissible circumstances shall provide the landlord with a termination date that is no more than 60 days prior to the date of departure necessary to comply with the official orders or any supplemental instructions for interim training or duty prior to the transfer."
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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: "SB 325"
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citation: "Virginia SB 325 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Russet Perry"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/509590ba-9e58-43a7-a07e-d887edf98cdc"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB325"
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source_hash: "ae15632d6855beaa722afd00bc55cdd2f80c91cc341c1e2229719dcc4fb9cdaa"
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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 SB 325 (2026) — Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel.
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant remedies; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel. Removes the requirement that military personnel terminating a rental agreement due to identified permissible circumstances shall provide the landlord with a termination date that is no more than 60 days prior to the date of departure necessary to comply with the official orders or any supplemental instructions for interim training or duty prior to the transfer.
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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/1089629.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216375.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178939.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Russet Perry — primary (person)
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- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101279D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Assigned GL&T sub: Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB325)
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-30** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-24** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB325ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB325)
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- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 83 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 83 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0083)
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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/509590ba-9e58-43a7-a07e-d887edf98cdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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