Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord.
In plain English Requires landlords to discuss alternatives with tenants before terminating leases for fire or casualty damage, unless the tenant caused the damage.
Official synopsis: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage; termination by landlord. Requires a landlord, prior to giving a tenant 21 days' notice of his intention to terminate the rental agreement for a dwelling unit that has been damaged or destroyed by fire or…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1117) · 2026-05-14
Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant/Manufactured Home Lot Rental Acts; retaliatory conduct prohibited.
In plain English Prohibits landlords from retaliating against tenants for certain actions and allows tenants to recover damages or use retaliation as a defense in eviction cases, effective January 1, 2027.
Official synopsis: 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…
Passed both chambersActs of Assembly Chapter text · 2026-05-14
Celebrating the life of John Caffrey Angell.
Became lawBill text as passed House and Senate (HJ248ER) · 2026-04-13
Certain decedents; local department of social services allowed to pay reasonable funeral expense.
Local departments of social services; payment of reasonable funeral expenses. Permits the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations allowing local departments of social services to pay the reasonable funeral expenses of a decedent who was a recipient of social services or Supplemental Security…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0843) · 2026-04-13
Land subdivision and development; optional provisions of a subdivision ordinance, etc.
Land subdivision and development; optional provisions of a subdivision ordinance; electric vehicle charging stations; Department of Energy; report. Allows, effective July 1, 2027, a locality to include in its subdivision ordinance a requirement for electric vehicle (EV) supply equipment, EV-ready charging spaces, or EV-capable parking…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679) · 2026-04-13
State plan for medical assistance services; adds provision related to doula care.
Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; doula care. Adds provisions related to the provision of doula care under the state plan for medical assistance services specifying that such care includes support during labor and delivery and up to two linkage-to-care…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682) · 2026-04-13
Proceedings deferred; payment of costs.
Payment of costs when proceedings deferred and defendant placed on probation. Provides that for any deferral entered into on or after July 1, 2026, pursuant to relevant law, the court shall not require the defendant to pay such costs or other fees imposed pursuant to…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0592) · 2026-04-13
Employee Child Care Assistance Program; established, reports.
Employee Child Care Assistance Program established. Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Program to provide matching funds in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Program shall be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation. To participate…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545) · 2026-04-13
Firearms; purchase, etc., after assault & battery of family or household member or intimate partner.
Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm; assault and battery of a family or household member or intimate partner; penalty. Adds to the definition of "family or household member," as such definition relates to juvenile and domestic relations district court, a person's intimate partner, defined in…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0527) · 2026-04-10
Celebrating the life of Jaylen Martinez.
Became lawBill text as passed House and Senate (HJ127ER) · 2026-04-09
Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.
Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees. Eliminates the exemption from Virginia's minimum wage requirements for persons employed as farm laborers or farm employees. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027, and is identical to SB 121.
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357) · 2026-04-08
Elections; candidates and elected officials, confidentiality of personally identifiable information.
Elections; candidates and elected officials; address confidentiality. Prohibits the custodian of any filing made by a candidate from releasing the address, phone number, or email address of such candidate in response to a request made under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill permits…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228) · 2026-04-06
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Eviction Diversion Program, eligibility.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Eviction Diversion Program; eligibility. Requires any general district court that implements the Eviction Diversion Program to attach information about the Program, including eligibility criteria, to any summons for unlawful detainer. The bill also alters eligibility requirements for a tenant…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230) · 2026-04-06
Eviction Reduction Program; established, report.
Department of Housing and Community Development; Eviction Reduction Program; report. Establishes the Eviction Reduction Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development to expand the Department's work to (i) promote housing stability, (ii) identify factors that contribute to eviction filings, and (iii) provide interventions…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0164) · 2026-04-06
Tourism improvement districts; transient occupancy tax in Arlington County.
Tourism improvement districts; administering nonprofits; county manager plan; transient occupancy tax. Allows tourism entities, defined in the bill, to enter into written agreements for the provision of professional services to an administering nonprofit that is under contract with a locality to administer or implement activities…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162) · 2026-04-06
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