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.
- Open now
- 6
- Coming back
- 8
- Became law
- 6
- Stopped
- 19
Stopped: vetoed, failed or out of time
Stopped: vetoed, failed or out of time 19
- May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission · May 14Unlawful detainer: Tenant Protections for Immigrant Families Act of 2026Session ended
- Second Read and Referred S Families, Seniors and Health Committee · May 7Modifies provisions relating to rental protections for victims of domestic violenceSession ended
- 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
- In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author · Mar 31Hiring of real property: portable screening reports: disclosure of application materialsSession ended
- House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely · Mar 24Eviction Protections for TenantsPostponed
- 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
- Died on inactive file · Feb 2Hiring of real property: fees and chargesFailed
- Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill · Jan 28An act to amend title 25 of the delaware code relating to tenant's right to early lease terminationSession ended
- First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary · Dec 11, 2025Landlord-tenant mattersSession 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
- House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Postpone Indefinitely · Feb 26, 2025Landlord Procedures for Removal of TenantsPostponed
- Left in General Laws · Feb 5, 2025Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; algorithmic pricing devices, reportSession ended
- First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary · Jan 13, 2025Landlord-tenant mattersSession ended
- First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary · Jan 13, 2025Landlord-tenant mattersSession ended
- First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary · Jan 13, 2025Landlord-tenant mattersSession ended
- First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary · Jan 13, 2025Residential landlord-tenant mattersSession ended
Grouped by AI from the bills closest to Housing, by the policy questions they address. 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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