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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods."
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description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods. Prohibits a landlord subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from charging a tenant any fee for the collection or processing of any payment of rent, security deposit, or any other fees, unless the landlord offers an alternative method of payment that does not include additional fees. This bill is identical to SB 1356."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2218"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2218 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60d21cee-358d-44c7-9a98-b1173259fc6f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2218"
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source_hash: "ba4868e04144583f1a69e7d079bbe78566c152fb27aa5c4785135606c25118db"
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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 2218 (2025) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods.
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods. Prohibits a landlord subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from charging a tenant any fee for the collection or processing of any payment of rent, security deposit, or any other fees, unless the landlord offers an alternative method of payment that does not include additional fees. This bill is identical to SB 1356.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015588.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079067.PDF)
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3. **General Laws Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031967.PDF)
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4. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073499.HTML)
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5. **HGL Sub: Housing/Consumer Protection Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1027810.HTML)
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6. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074910.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057171.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N) — **51–48** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 4-N) — **90–4** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100872D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2218)
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- **2025-01-20** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 3-N)
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- **2025-01-28** Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-28** Committee substitute printed 25106170D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2218)
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- **2025-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-31** General Laws Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-17** Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2218ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2218)
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- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 4-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB2218ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 655 (Effective 07/01/25) `became-law`
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- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0655)
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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/60d21cee-358d-44c7-9a98-b1173259fc6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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