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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental agreement, provisions made applicable by law."
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description: "Requires a landlord to offer the tenant a written rental agreement containing the terms governing the rental of the dwelling unit and setting forth the terms and conditions of the landlord tenant relationship. The bill provides that in the event a written rental agreement is not offered by the landlord, a rental tenancy shall be deemed to exist by operation of law and establishes the terms and conditions of that tenancy. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2054"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2054 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Property and Conveyances"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-07"
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last_action: "2019-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79efc0ac-c0d7-4350-b2ce-ff8c18c9107e"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2054"
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source_hash: "36fa3b837c8096f40fdbb8e68d08568972461b44a413fbdefd93a28d0b4fb6ab"
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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 HB 2054 (2019) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental agreement, provisions made applicable by law.
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Requires a landlord to offer the tenant a written rental agreement containing the terms governing the rental of the dwelling unit and setting forth the terms and conditions of the landlord tenant relationship. The bill provides that in the event a written rental agreement is not offered by the landlord, a rental tenancy shall be deemed to exist by operation of law and establishes the terms and conditions of that tenancy. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0005)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2054ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2054ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101166D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2054)
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## Votes
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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- Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosalyn R. Dance — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101166D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-14** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-07** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-07** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-08** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 8, 2019
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- **2019-02-08** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 15, 2019
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- **2019-02-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective 7/1/19) `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/79efc0ac-c0d7-4350-b2ce-ff8c18c9107e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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