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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 family abuse, sexual abuse or criminal sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking. Provides that a tenant who is a victim of family abuse, sexual abuse or other criminal sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking may terminate such tenant's obligations under an active and current rental agreement if the tenant has obtained a preliminary protective order or a magistrate, law-enforcement agency, grand jury, special grand jury, or court has issued a warrant, summons, information, or indictment charging any such crime. Under current law, there must be a permanent protective order or a conviction before the tenant may terminate such obligations under a rental agreement. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission."
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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: "SB 884"
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citation: "Virginia SB 884 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Russet Perry"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-01-03"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e37a52f-86be-4bdd-9a89-8fbe8a2de9b2"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB884"
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source_hash: "cd374721af01a3e6acb3978cbc2db44a78dd875713f5c29c5c29ef480219fc86"
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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 884 (2025) — 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 family abuse, sexual abuse or criminal sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking. Provides that a tenant who is a victim of family abuse, sexual abuse or other criminal sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking may terminate such tenant's obligations under an active and current rental agreement if the tenant has obtained a preliminary protective order or a magistrate, law-enforcement agency, grand jury, special grand jury, or court has issued a warrant, summons, information, or indictment charging any such crime. Under current law, there must be a permanent protective order or a conviction before the tenant may terminate such obligations under a rental agreement. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.
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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/1013708.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077736.PDF)
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3. **General Laws Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1043560.PDF)
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4. **General Laws Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051668.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066349.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
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- Motion to rerefer to committee rejected (19-Y 21-N) — **19–21** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N 2-A) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House with substitute (63-Y 33-N) — **63–33** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 5-N) — **14–5** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) — **25–15** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N 1-A) — **23–15** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Russet Perry — primary (person)
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- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104194D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB884)
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- **2025-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-01-21** Motion to rerefer to committee rejected (19-Y 21-N) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-21** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate
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- **2025-01-21** Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-05** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Committee substitute printed 25106897D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB884)
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- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** General Laws Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-18** Passed House with substitute (63-Y 33-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N 1-A) `substitution`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB884ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB884)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 593 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593)
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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/2e37a52f-86be-4bdd-9a89-8fbe8a2de9b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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