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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; certain notices of termination."
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description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; notice of termination to contain legal aid information. Provides that no notice of termination of tenancy served upon a tenant receiving tenant-based rental assistance through (i) the Housing Choice Voucher Program, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(o), or (ii) any other federal, state, or local program by a private landlord is effective unless it contains on its first page, in type no smaller or less legible than that otherwise used in the body of the notice, the statewide legal aid telephone number and website address. This bill is identical to SB 115."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 519"
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citation: "Virginia HB 519 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-04"
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last_action: "2020-03-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04c6c7e2-8f31-4bd0-98a7-0c82400decca"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB519"
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source_hash: "04d960fc4ead09cf9637d55f1b86adcfaf3cf6b23f6b443fad5cb0f84be066fb"
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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 519 (2020) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; certain notices of termination.
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; notice of termination to contain legal aid information. Provides that no notice of termination of tenancy served upon a tenant receiving tenant-based rental assistance through (i) the Housing Choice Voucher Program, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(o), or (ii) any other federal, state, or local program by a private landlord is effective unless it contains on its first page, in type no smaller or less legible than that otherwise used in the body of the notice, the statewide legal aid telephone number and website address. This bill is identical to SB 115.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0183)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB519ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB519ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB519H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB519H1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB519)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB519)
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5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB519S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB519S1)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 98-N) — **1–97** (fail) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (78-Y 21-N) — **77–21** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate receded from substitute (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103977D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB519)
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-21** Committee substitute printed 20105928D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 20105928D-H1
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- **2020-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB519H1
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- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House (78-Y 21-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-27** VOTE: Passage (78-Y 21-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-12** Committee substitute printed 20108223D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB519S1)
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- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 20108223D-S1
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- **2020-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB519S1
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- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-19** Senate substitute rejected by House 20108223D-S1 (1-Y 98-N)
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- **2020-02-19** VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 98-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Senate receded from substitute (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB519ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
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- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 6, 2020
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- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 183 (effective 7/1/20) `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/04c6c7e2-8f31-4bd0-98a7-0c82400decca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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