Sam Rasoul
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 38
Primary
Landlord and tenant; victims of family abuse; evidence to mitigate low credit score; damages. Allows an applicant for a lease to recover actual damages, including all amounts paid to the landlord as an application fee, application deposit, or reimbursement for any of the landlord's out-of-pocket expenses that were charged to the applicant, along with attorney fees, if the landlord does not consider evidence of the applicant's status as a victim of family abuse to mitigate any adverse effect of the otherwise qualified applicant's low credit score.
Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatoryhousing practices; status as a victim of family abuse. Adds discriminationon the basis of an individual's status as a victim of family abuseas an unlawful housing practice.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 388 (effective 7/1/20)
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
Enrolled
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Impact statement from DPB (HB99ER)
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
VOTE: Passage (80-Y 20-N)
Read third time and passed House (80-Y 20-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB99H2)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB99H2
Floor substitute printed 20108069D-H2 (Simon)
Read second time
Committee on General Laws substitute rejected 20107595D-H1
Substitute by Delegate Simon agreed to 20108069D-H2
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day
Read first time
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
Committee substitute printed 20107595D-H1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Impact statement from DPB (HB99)
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
Referred to Committee on General Laws
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100448D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Impact statement from DPB (HB99) | HTML |
| HB99H1 | HTML |
| Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB99H2 | HTML |
| Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB99ER) | HTML |
| Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388) | HTML |
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