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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; routine maintenance, notice to tenant."
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description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;routine maintenance; notice to tenant. Requires landlords, unlessimpractical to do so, to provide a tenant with 72 hours' notice within14 days of routine maintenance. Current law requires a landlord togive at least 72 hours' notice for such maintenance but does notprovide a maximum window of time for such notice."
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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 701"
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citation: "Virginia HB 701 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fed9677-edb8-4039-a2d0-869a3863260d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB701"
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source_hash: "086ea2e83b398dda7f38a23406b56eea6c772bc0e31ad1037a3717ec0ffec612"
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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 701 (2024) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; routine maintenance, notice to tenant.
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;routine maintenance; notice to tenant. Requires landlords, unlessimpractical to do so, to provide a tenant with 72 hours' notice within14 days of routine maintenance. Current law requires a landlord togive at least 72 hours' notice for such maintenance but does notprovide a maximum window of time for such notice.
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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. **CHAP0046** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0046)
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2. **HB701ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB701ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103625D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB701)
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4. **Printed as engrossed 24103625D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB701E)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103625D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB701)
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- **2024-01-23** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-30** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended HB701E
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- **2024-02-02** Printed as engrossed 24103625D-E
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- **2024-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB701E)
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- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-14** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB701ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB701ER)
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- **2024-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046)
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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/4fed9677-edb8-4039-a2d0-869a3863260d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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