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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fee disclosure statement."
description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;Department of Housing and Community Development; mandatory fees.Requires advertisements for rental units and rental agreements toinclude any mandatory fees that will be charged to a tenant in excessof the rent. The bill directs the Department of Housing and CommunityDevelopment to collect data regarding the type and amount of mandatoryfees tenants are required to pay and to include such data in itsannual report to the General Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 967"
citation: "Virginia HB 967 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alfonso H. Lopez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29dcf469-0cb8-45db-8662-4a78d92c5fae"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB967"
source_hash: "c3483da3ee148aa8b2ceae69a7aa385f7096b869d51d32504f0283058a8111b8"
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 967 (2024) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fee disclosure statement.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;Department of Housing and Community Development; mandatory fees.Requires advertisements for rental units and rental agreements toinclude any mandatory fees that will be charged to a tenant in excessof the rent. The bill directs the Department of Housing and CommunityDevelopment to collect data regarding the type and amount of mandatoryfees tenants are required to pay and to include such data in itsannual report to the General Assembly.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0826** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0826)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107208D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB967H1)
3. **Governor's substitute printed 24109287D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB967H2)
4. **HB967ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB967ER)
5. **HB967ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB967ER2)
6. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105065D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB967)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **53** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) — **5148** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N) — **5147** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (10-Y 9-N) — **109** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — **2416** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105065D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB967)
- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- **2024-02-06** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-06** Reported from General Laws with substitute (10-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute printed 24107208D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB967H1)
- **2024-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24107208D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB967H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reported from General Laws and Technology (8-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB967ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB967ER)
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-04-08** Governor's substitute printed 24109287D-H2
- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 47-N)
- **2024-04-17** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-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 (HB967ER2) `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 826 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0826)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29dcf469-0cb8-45db-8662-4a78d92c5fae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).