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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; definition of essential services."
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description: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; essential services. Adds central air conditioning when supplied by the landlord and operating or represented as operating as of the effective date of the rental agreement to the list of what constitutes an essential service for purposes of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act."
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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 519"
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citation: "Virginia HB 519 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marty Martinez"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c37a817-fb1d-4709-b6f5-e27f2de1e671"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB519"
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source_hash: "ab121b22446e533d669f53cd161e1d68125eb357d02647ba9181d9428c21a255"
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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 519 (2026) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; definition of essential services.
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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; essential services. Adds central air conditioning when supplied by the landlord and operating or represented as operating as of the effective date of the rental agreement to the list of what constitutes an essential service for purposes of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.
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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/1084771.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221635.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116290.PDF)
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4. **General Laws Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115367.HTML)
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5. **Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103438.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210730.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **63–35** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) — **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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- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
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- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (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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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100423D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** 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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- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB519)
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- **2026-01-29** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (15-Y 6-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 `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-08** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB519)
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-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 (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 (HB519ER) `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 (HB519)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 624 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0624)
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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/2c37a817-fb1d-4709-b6f5-e27f2de1e671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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