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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, rental agreement noncompliance."
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description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; rental agreement noncompliance; victim of family abuse. Removes the requirement that a tenant who is a victim of family abuse provide the landlord prompt notification should the perpetrator return to the dwelling unit to prevent the landlord from terminating a lease solely due to such act of family abuse occurring in the dwelling unit or on the premises by a perpetrator barred from the dwelling unit. Under the bill, if the tenant provides the landlord with a copy of the protective order, should the perpetrator not already be barred from the unit by the landlord, the lease shall not be terminated due solely to an act of family abuse against the tenant by a perpetrator barred from the dwelling unit."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1408"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1408 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charlie Schmidt"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-22"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac035896-8e3a-4c11-976a-58c64047a83b"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1408"
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source_hash: "cb101521402b1a9c7005ec529eedb7229d79bb480ca530231303dd6936f6606c"
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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 1408 (2026) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, rental agreement noncompliance.
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; rental agreement noncompliance; victim of family abuse. Removes the requirement that a tenant who is a victim of family abuse provide the landlord prompt notification should the perpetrator return to the dwelling unit to prevent the landlord from terminating a lease solely due to such act of family abuse occurring in the dwelling unit or on the premises by a perpetrator barred from the dwelling unit. Under the bill, if the tenant provides the landlord with a copy of the protective order, should the perpetrator not already be barred from the unit by the landlord, the lease shall not be terminated due solely to an act of family abuse against the tenant by a perpetrator barred from the dwelling unit.
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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/1093913.PDF)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209132.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **84–13** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charlie Schmidt — primary (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
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- Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
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- Lindsey Dougherty — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 26103161D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-22** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1408)
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- **2026-01-27** Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (84-Y 13-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Assigned GL&T sub: Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1408ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1408)
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- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 844 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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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/ac035896-8e3a-4c11-976a-58c64047a83b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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