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type: "Bill"
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title: "Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel."
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description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant remedies; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel. Removes the requirement that military personnel terminating a rental agreement due to identified permissible circumstances shall provide the landlord with a termination date that is no more than 60 days prior to the date of departure necessary to comply with the official orders or any supplemental instructions for interim training or duty prior to the transfer."
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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 174"
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citation: "Virginia HB 174 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-06"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5989c27b-c49e-46fa-a974-1be5e9339439"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB174"
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source_hash: "10d95905a279c2d9ae8a14fea68de29f5741ff51d89f2fb9fccddae6179e49f8"
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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 174 (2026) — Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel.
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant remedies; early termination of rental agreement by military personnel. Removes the requirement that military personnel terminating a rental agreement due to identified permissible circumstances shall provide the landlord with a termination date that is no more than 60 days prior to the date of departure necessary to comply with the official orders or any supplemental instructions for interim training or duty prior to the transfer.
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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/1082715.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216371.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208775.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 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Stacey Annie Carroll — 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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- **2026-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102908D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-06** 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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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB174)
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-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** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-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 (HB174ER) `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 (HB174)
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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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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 82 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0082)
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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/5989c27b-c49e-46fa-a974-1be5e9339439`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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