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type: "Bill"
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title: "Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; defense to action for possessions for nonpayment of rent."
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description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent. Removes the provision requiring that a tenant in possession of a dwelling unit, prior to asserting a defense against an action for rent or possession, pay into court the amount of rent found by the court to be due and unpaid and for such amount to be held by the court pending the issuance of an order. The bill also limits the discretion of the court in actions for possession based upon nonpayment of rent and actions for rent by a landlord when the tenant is in possession of a dwelling unit."
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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 373"
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citation: "Virginia SB 373 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33bcd057-03a6-43b3-974d-0b3ae1980a0f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB373"
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source_hash: "0957c9fb7579c2cd04d0214aebeb935d32f97af480556401a1880f035fd8c8f8"
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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 373 (2026) — Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; defense to action for possessions for nonpayment of rent.
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent. Removes the provision requiring that a tenant in possession of a dwelling unit, prior to asserting a defense against an action for rent or possession, pay into court the amount of rent found by the court to be due and unpaid and for such amount to be held by the court pending the issuance of an order. The bill also limits the discretion of the court in actions for possession based upon nonpayment of rent and actions for rent by a landlord when the tenant is in possession of a dwelling unit.
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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/1089823.PDF)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135353.PDF)
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3. **General Laws Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170606.PDF)
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4. **Senator Boysko Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135311.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186703.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **15–6** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Substitute R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **63–34** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (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 26100767D `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 (SB373)
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** Floor offered Senator Boysko Amendment
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- **2026-02-09** Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-09** Senator Boysko Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB373)
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- **2026-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Committee substitute printed 26108192D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB373)
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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** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-24** Passed House with substitute (63-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB373ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB373)
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** 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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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 959 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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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/33bcd057-03a6-43b3-974d-0b3ae1980a0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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