republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1325.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; landlord obligations."
description: "Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; landlord obligations. Requires a landlord to provide a copy of any written rental agreement and the statement of tenant rights and responsibilities within 10 business days of the effective date of the written rental agreement; current law requires a landlord to provide such copies within one month of such effective date. The bill outlines required notice language regarding flood insurance to be included by the landlord in the rental agreement and provides that failures of the landlord to provide notice shall not affect the validity of the rental agreement. The bill applies to rental agreements that are entered into, extended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1325"
citation: "Virginia HB 1325 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Lopes Maldonado"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0121ede7-6be4-4d30-9c0b-9ffd0dbcdc37"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1325"
source_hash: "4ccfcd175ee122789c39777aaa72ce666c7d59d0374e861c21d7395c9d096923"
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 1325 (2026) — Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; landlord obligations.

Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; landlord obligations. Requires a landlord to provide a copy of any written rental agreement and the statement of tenant rights and responsibilities within 10 business days of the effective date of the written rental agreement; current law requires a landlord to provide such copies within one month of such effective date. The bill outlines required notice language regarding flood insurance to be included by the landlord in the rental agreement and provides that failures of the landlord to provide notice shall not affect the validity of the rental agreement. The bill applies to rental agreements that are entered into, extended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2026.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1091317.PDF)
2. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196415.HTML)
3. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1201149.HTML)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210587.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **79–19** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **24–16** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 26105151D `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1325)
- **2026-01-26** Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-03** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Assigned GL&T sub: Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Senate committee offered
- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate with amendments (24-Y 16-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Senate amendments agreed to by House (79-Y 19-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1325ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1325)
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 777 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0121ede7-6be4-4d30-9c0b-9ffd0dbcdc37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).