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| Bill | Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; mandatory waiting period. Increases the mandatory waiting period for a landlord to pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement from five days to 14 days. The waiting period begins after a landlord serves written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid. This bill is identical to HB 15. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 48 | Virginia SB 48 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 48 (2026) — Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; mandatory waiting period. Increases the mandatory waiting period for a landlord to pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement from five days to 14 days. The waiting period begins after a landlord serves written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid. This bill is identical to HB 15.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage R — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws — 15–6 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 64–34 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — 9–5 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Aaron R. Rouse — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-11-24 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100704D
filing, introduction - 2025-11-24 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB48)
- 2026-01-21 Assigned GL&T sub: Housing
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 5-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 (15-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB48ER)
passage - 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB48)
- 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 - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 354 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0354)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb588b92-7c8f-4998-af3a-ffbc2778f1e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).