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type: "Bill"
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title: "Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement."
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description: "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."
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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 48"
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citation: "Virginia SB 48 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron R. Rouse"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-11-24"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb588b92-7c8f-4998-af3a-ffbc2778f1e6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB48"
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source_hash: "e27dd7ec6681de257f87650ac46060571d65535b571c0f7ba102fc3888beedf8"
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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 48 (2026) — Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
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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.
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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/1081743.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217626.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178904.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws — **15–6** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **64–34** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron R. Rouse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-11-24** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100704D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-11-24** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB48)
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- **2026-01-21** Assigned GL&T sub: Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 5-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 (21-Y 18-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 (15-Y 6-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 (64-Y 34-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 (SB48ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB48)
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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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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 354 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0354)
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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/cb588b92-7c8f-4998-af3a-ffbc2778f1e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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