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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; copy of rental agreement for tenant."
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description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; copy of rental agreement for tenant. Requires a landlord to provide a copy of the signed written rental agreement to the tenant within 10 business days of the effective date of the rental agreement and to provide additional hard copies of the rental agreement upon request or to maintain such rental agreement in an electronic format that can be easily accessed by or shared with the tenant upon request. The bill also prohibits a landlord from charging a tenant for any such additional copies of his rental agreement."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1272"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1272 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/506bfd50-8c13-4ef3-894a-f0231937d25a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1272"
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source_hash: "d97d36cbf9a30027788ed602526d571c83ae82e5192bbd6af8d057c1d4b6b34c"
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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 1272 (2024) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; copy of rental agreement for tenant.
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; copy of rental agreement for tenant. Requires a landlord to provide a copy of the signed written rental agreement to the tenant within 10 business days of the effective date of the rental agreement and to provide additional hard copies of the rental agreement upon request or to maintain such rental agreement in an electronic format that can be easily accessed by or shared with the tenant upon request. The bill also prohibits a landlord from charging a tenant for any such additional copies of his rental agreement.
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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. **CHAP0831** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0831)
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2. **HB1272ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1272ER)
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3. **HB1272ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1272ER2)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103650D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1272)
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5. **Printed as engrossed 24103650D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1272E)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (68-Y 31-N) — **67–31** (pass) · lower
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (17-Y 3-N) — **17–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (77-Y 20-N) — **76–20** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103650D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1272)
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- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-06** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (17-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by House as amended HB1272E
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- **2024-02-09** Printed as engrossed 24103650D-E
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- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1272E)
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- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House (68-Y 31-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Passage (68-Y 31-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1272ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1272ER)
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (77-Y 20-N)
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- **2024-04-17** VOTE: Adoption (77-Y 20-N)
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- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (HB1272ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 831 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
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- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0831)
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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/506bfd50-8c13-4ef3-894a-f0231937d25a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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