HB 1654

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 03, 2025
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Short-term rental properties; definitions, human trafficking awareness training.

Abstract

Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training. Mandates every accommodations intermediary to require its accommodations providers to complete certain training on recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking. Current law limits this requirement to every hotel proprietor and its employees and excludes short-term rentals. The bill prohibits an accommodations intermediary from listing a short-term rental property prior to receipt of an up-to-date written certification signed by the accommodations provider of such property that such accommodations provider has complied with the relevant training requirements.

A BILL to amend and reenact ยง 35.1-15.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training.

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Feb 04, 2025

House

Left in Counties, Cities and Towns

Jan 30, 2025

House

Rereferred to Counties, Cities and Towns

House

Motion to rerefer to Counties, Cities and Towns agreed to

Jan 29, 2025

House

Read second time

House

Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1654)

House

Engrossed by House - committee substitute

House

Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute Reported agreed to

Jan 28, 2025

House

Read first time

Jan 27, 2025

House

Committee substitute printed 25105894D-H1

Jan 24, 2025

House

Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (16-Y 4-N)

Jan 23, 2025

House

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)

Jan 20, 2025

House

Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2

Jan 15, 2025

House

Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1654)

Jan 03, 2025

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100042D

House

Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute HTML PDF
HCCT Sub: Subcommittee #2 Substitute HTML PDF
Introduced HTML PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1654) PDF PDF

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