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type: "Bill"
title: "Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park, notice of sale and relocation expenses."
description: "Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park; notice of sale and relocation expenses. Requires a manufactured home park owner to provide notice to the Department of Housing and Community Development and each manufactured home park tenant 90 days prior to unconditionally accepting an offer to purchase a manufactured home park. The bill permits an entity of tenants to negotiate for purchase of the manufactured home park. The bill also requires the manufactured home park owner provide notice to the locality in which the manufactured home park is located if the locality delivers a proposed purchase agreement with substantially similar terms and conditions as the entity of tenants to the manufactured home park owner. The bill provides an additional 60-day period for an entity to obtain financing for the purchase of a manufactured home park. The bill requires that its provisions be liberally construed to preserve affordable housing and expand the opportunities for owners of manufactured homes to purchase a manufactured home park. The bill provides for $5,000 in relocation expenses for a manufactured home owner if a rental agreement is terminated due to the sale of the manufactured home park to a buyer that is going to redevelop the park and change its use. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2025 Session of the General Assembly. "
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1397"
citation: "Virginia HB 1397 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e374d6f-21ae-4bf9-b9df-e1992c077690"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1397"
source_hash: "b7d5f6e840aa7c1cf7be8b2e8db386b3b852bf05f10ae96232715e7d28a92352"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1397 (2024) — Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park, notice of sale and relocation expenses.
Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park; notice of sale and relocation expenses. Requires a manufactured home park owner to provide notice to the Department of Housing and Community Development and each manufactured home park tenant 90 days prior to unconditionally accepting an offer to purchase a manufactured home park. The bill permits an entity of tenants to negotiate for purchase of the manufactured home park. The bill also requires the manufactured home park owner provide notice to the locality in which the manufactured home park is located if the locality delivers a proposed purchase agreement with substantially similar terms and conditions as the entity of tenants to the manufactured home park owner. The bill provides an additional 60-day period for an entity to obtain financing for the purchase of a manufactured home park. The bill requires that its provisions be liberally construed to preserve affordable housing and expand the opportunities for owners of manufactured homes to purchase a manufactured home park. The bill provides for $5,000 in relocation expenses for a manufactured home owner if a rental agreement is terminated due to the sale of the manufactured home park to a buyer that is going to redevelop the park and change its use. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2025 Session of the General Assembly. 
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0833** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0833)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107465D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1397H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24108598D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1397S1)
4. **HB1397ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1397ER)
5. **HB1397ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1397ER2)
6. **Presented and ordered printed 24105316D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1397)
## Votes
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (22-Y 18-N) — **2218** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **53** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (51-Y 46-N) — **5046** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) — **5345** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (11-Y 4-N) — **114** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 8-N) — **128** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 48-N) — **5048** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 2-N) — **132** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 24105316D `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1397)
- **2024-02-08** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute printed 24107465D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107465D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1397H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (51-Y 46-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1397H1)
- **2024-02-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Committee substitute printed 24108598D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-28** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1397S1)
- **2024-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-06** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-03-06** Committee substitute agreed to 24108598D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-06** Reading of amendments waived
- **2024-03-06** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB1397S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-06** Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (22-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Senate substitute with amendments agreed to by House 24108598D-S1 (51-Y 48-N) `amendment-passage, substitution`
- **2024-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 48-N)
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1397ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1397ER)
- **2024-04-08** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (54-Y 45-N)
- **2024-04-17** VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (HB1397ER2) `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 833 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0833)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e374d6f-21ae-4bf9-b9df-e1992c077690`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).