Tenant rights and landlord rules
Should laws strictly limit landlord fees, screening, and eviction powers to protect tenants? 39 bills, 6 became law. Latest: Delaware SB 292, became law, Sep 9.
- Coming back
- 5
- Became law
- 1
- Stopped
- 7
The bills in Virginia
May return next session 5
- Filed for next sessionVirginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; pre-tenancy feesIn committee
- Filed for next sessionVirginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; algorithmic pricing device use by certain landlordsIn committee
- Filed for next sessionVirginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; duties of landlord, mold remediation, civil penaltyIn committee
- Filed for next sessionVirginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; prohibited provisions in rental agreementsIn committee
- Must be reintroduced next sessionVirginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; adverse action by landlord, tenant remediesPassed first chamber
Already law 1
Became law
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant records
Virginia · HB 616
Latest: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0640) · Apr 13
Stopped: vetoed, failed or out of time 7
- Governor's recommendation received by House · Apr 12Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreementVetoed
- Governor's recommendation received by House · Apr 11Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlordVetoed
- Senate committee offered · Feb 11Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; pre-tenancy feesSession ended
- Continued to next session in General Laws (Voice Vote) · Feb 3Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; algorithmic pricing device use by certain landlordsSession ended
- House sustained Governor's veto · Apr 2, 2025Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; affordable housing, criminal record screening model policyVetoed
- Senate sustained Governor's veto · Apr 2, 2025Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; affordable housing, criminal record screening model policyVetoed
- Left in General Laws · Feb 5, 2025Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; algorithmic pricing devices, reportSession ended
Grouped by AI from the bills closest to Housing, by the policy questions they address; showing those in Virginia. Bills in a group may take opposing positions. Grouping as of October 27, 2026. A bill is not a law until it is signed.
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