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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant records."
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description: "Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant records. Requires a landlord, upon written request by a tenant, to within 10 business days provide such tenant a statement containing all charges and payments incurred by the tenant over the duration of the tenancy or the past 12 months, whichever is shorter. The bill specifies that such statement shall itemize separately rent and the cost of each utility and that the landlord is not obligated to provide such written statement if the landlord owns fewer than four rental dwelling units or less than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in the Commonwealth unless the landlord receives any state or local rental or utility assistance funds on behalf of the tenant. The bill additionally directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to, based on input from relevant stakeholders, develop a standardized printable template for the landlord to use to provide the tenant such written statement. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027."
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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 616"
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citation: "Virginia HB 616 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonita G. Anthony"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 7
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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/a98f5da9-c965-4473-a54e-5c1c0336b2a7"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB616"
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source_hash: "1cda8f79a355f986768f15d823915a927e4f3ab8ec5098adedb68afee2e8fe21"
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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 616 (2026) — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant records.
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Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant records. Requires a landlord, upon written request by a tenant, to within 10 business days provide such tenant a statement containing all charges and payments incurred by the tenant over the duration of the tenancy or the past 12 months, whichever is shorter. The bill specifies that such statement shall itemize separately rent and the cost of each utility and that the landlord is not obligated to provide such written statement if the landlord owns fewer than four rental dwelling units or less than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in the Commonwealth unless the landlord receives any state or local rental or utility assistance funds on behalf of the tenant. The bill additionally directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to, based on input from relevant stakeholders, develop a standardized printable template for the landlord to use to provide the tenant such written statement. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
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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/1085187.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221691.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116308.PDF)
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4. **General Laws Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115370.HTML)
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5. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196412.HTML)
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6. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203807.HTML)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212439.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **65–33** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) — **16–5** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **64–34** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bonita G. Anthony — primary (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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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104778D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB616)
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- **2026-01-26** Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
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- **2026-02-03** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (16-Y 5-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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- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB616)
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-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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- **2026-03-03** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-03-03** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (10-Y 5-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** General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Senate amendments agreed to by House (65-Y 33-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB616ER) `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 (HB616)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 640 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0640)
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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/a98f5da9-c965-4473-a54e-5c1c0336b2a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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