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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement."
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description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;early termination of rental agreement; victims of sexual abuse orcriminal sexual assault. Provides that a tenant who is a victimof family abuse, sexual abuse, or other criminal sexual assaultmay terminate such tenant's obligations under a rental agreement if the tenant (i) has obtained a protective order and has given properwritten notice of termination during the period of the protectiveorder or any extension thereof or (ii) as evidence of such abuseor criminal sexual assault, has obtained (a) records or files froma federal or state agency, law-enforcement agency, or court; (b)documentation from a domestic violence or sexual assault program;(c) documentation from a duly ordained, commissioned, or licensedminister of any religious denomination who provides proper proof ofhis credentials as outlined in the bill; or (d) documentation froma medical professional licensed by the Board of Medicine or Boardof Nursing or a mental health service provider and has given written notice of termination. Under current law, there must be a familyabuse protective order or a conviction before the tenant may terminatesuch obligations under a 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 764"
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citation: "Virginia HB 764 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9405553d-a15c-4563-a90a-5d3c0c9e3b27"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB764"
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source_hash: "39c8e0db63bd2afdaf59a8a743149e16e27b036b86c3671edacd8c63245241a9"
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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 764 (2024) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement.
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;early termination of rental agreement; victims of sexual abuse orcriminal sexual assault. Provides that a tenant who is a victimof family abuse, sexual abuse, or other criminal sexual assaultmay terminate such tenant's obligations under a rental agreement if the tenant (i) has obtained a protective order and has given properwritten notice of termination during the period of the protectiveorder or any extension thereof or (ii) as evidence of such abuseor criminal sexual assault, has obtained (a) records or files froma federal or state agency, law-enforcement agency, or court; (b)documentation from a domestic violence or sexual assault program;(c) documentation from a duly ordained, commissioned, or licensedminister of any religious denomination who provides proper proof ofhis credentials as outlined in the bill; or (d) documentation froma medical professional licensed by the Board of Medicine or Boardof Nursing or a mental health service provider and has given written notice of termination. Under current law, there must be a familyabuse protective order or a conviction before the tenant may terminatesuch obligations under a 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. **CHAP0302** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0302)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106630D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB764H1)
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3. **HB764ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB764ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101452D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB764)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 5-N) — **92–5** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 9-N) — **85–9** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua E. Thomas — 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 24101452D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB764)
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- **2024-01-23** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-02** Committee substitute printed 24106630D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB764H1)
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- **2024-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 24106630D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB764H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-02-09** Read third time and passed House (86-Y 9-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-09** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 9-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2024-02-26** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Senate amendment agreed to by House (93-Y 5-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-28** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 5-N)
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- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB764ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB764ER)
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- **2024-03-07** 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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- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 302 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0302)
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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/9405553d-a15c-4563-a90a-5d3c0c9e3b27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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