Adele McClure
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 2
Primary
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; retaliatory conduct prohibited. Adds numerous actions to the list of prohibited retaliatory actions by a landlord against a tenant under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act and specifies actions by a tenant for which a landlord may not retaliate. The bill modifies and expands the list of actions a landlord may take without violating the prohibition on retaliation. The bill allows a tenant, when the landlord has unlawfully retaliated, to recover actual damages and to assert retaliation as a defense in any action brought against him for possession.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act;Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; retaliatory conduct prohibited.Adds numerous actions to the list of prohibited retaliatory actionsby a landlord against a tenant under the Virginia Residential Landlordand Tenant Act and Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act and specifiesactions by a tenant for which a landlord may not retaliate. The billmodifies and expands the list of actions a landlord may take withoutviolating the prohibition on retaliation. The bill allows a tenant,when the landlord has unlawfully retaliated, to recover actual damages,court costs, and reasonable attorney fees and to assert retaliationas a defense in any action brought against him for possession.
House sustained Governor's veto
Vetoed by Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
Signed by President
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB817ER)
Signed by Speaker
Impact statement from DPB (HB817ER)
Enrolled
Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
VOTE: Passage (67-Y 30-N)
Read third time and passed House (67-Y 30-N)
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB817H1
Committee substitute agreed to 24106862D-H1
Impact statement from DPB (HB817H1)
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 24106862D-H1
Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 4-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
Impact statement from DPB (HB817)
Referred to Committee on General Laws
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104625D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104625D | PDF HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 24106862D-H1 | PDF HTML |
| HB817ER | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB817FER122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB817FH1122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB817F122.PDF | |
| Amendment: HB817AG | HTML |
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