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type: "Bill"
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title: "VA Self-Service Storage Act; rental agreement may be delivered and accepted electronically."
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description: "Virginia Self-Service Storage Act. Permits a rental agreement for a leased self-service storage space to be delivered and accepted electronically. The bill permits a rental agreement to contain statements that the rental agreement is deemed accepted by the owner where the owner accepts rent or where the occupant accepts possession or delivers rent. Finally, the bill permits towing of any abandoned, immobilized, unattended, or trespassing vehicles or watercraft that are not authorized to be at the self-service storage facility."
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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: "SB 355"
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citation: "Virginia SB 355 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron R. Rouse"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1182f6f1-3fbe-403a-9eb1-d55c94a5db02"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB355"
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source_hash: "cda0e2e822d9d610b9e443cf8e1892456ae6e6977502e63e4b27c5000b6b182e"
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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 SB 355 (2024) — VA Self-Service Storage Act; rental agreement may be delivered and accepted electronically.
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Virginia Self-Service Storage Act. Permits a rental agreement for a leased self-service storage space to be delivered and accepted electronically. The bill permits a rental agreement to contain statements that the rental agreement is deemed accepted by the owner where the owner accepts rent or where the occupant accepts possession or delivers rent. Finally, the bill permits towing of any abandoned, immobilized, unattended, or trespassing vehicles or watercraft that are not authorized to be at the self-service storage facility.
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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. **CHAP0673** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0673)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104345D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB355)
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3. **Printed as engrossed 24104345D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB355E)
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4. **SB355ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB355ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron R. Rouse — primary (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 24104345D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-10** Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
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- **2024-01-24** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-29** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2024-01-29** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-01-29** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB355E
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- **2024-01-29** Printed as engrossed 24104345D-E
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- **2024-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-16** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB355ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 673 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0673)
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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/1182f6f1-3fbe-403a-9eb1-d55c94a5db02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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