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type: "Bill"
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title: "Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement."
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description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; mandatory waiting period. Increases the mandatory waiting period for a landlord to pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement from five days to 14 days. The waiting period begins after a landlord serves written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid. This bill is identical to SB 48."
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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 15"
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citation: "Virginia HB 15 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-12-22"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9018f507-b74b-42b5-8457-c08026d687bd"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB15"
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source_hash: "6ffb7f47e81682ef7872e18d065442a5c939117c3c95a6462640e8765a59192f"
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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 15 (2026) — Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement; mandatory waiting period. Increases the mandatory waiting period for a landlord to pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement from five days to 14 days. The waiting period begins after a landlord serves written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid. This bill is identical to SB 48.
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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/1081986.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217610.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210462.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **63–36** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws — **15–6** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — 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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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — 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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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102045D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-22** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB15)
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- **2026-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
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- **2026-01-27** Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 36-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-03** 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 (9-Y 6-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** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB15ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB15)
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 353 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0353)
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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/9018f507-b74b-42b5-8457-c08026d687bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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