Landlord and tenant; victims of family abuse; evidence to mitigate low credit score; damages. Allows an applicant for a lease to recover actual damages, including all amounts paid to the landlord as an application fee, application deposit, or reimbursement for any of the landlord’s out-of-pocket expenses that were charged to the applicant, along with attorney fees, if the landlord does not consider evidence of the applicant’s status as a victim of family abuse to mitigate any adverse effect of the otherwise qualified applicant’s low credit score.
Va. Fair Housing Law; status as a victim of family abuse, etc.
Landlord and tenant; victims of family abuse; evidence to mitigate low credit score; damages. Allows an applicant for a lease to recover actual damages, including all amounts paid to the landlord as an application fee, application deposit, or reimbursement for any of the landlord’s out-of-pocket expenses that were charged to the applicant, along with attorney fees, if the landlord does not consider evidence of the applicant’s status as a victim of family abuse to mitigate any adverse effect of the otherwise qualified applicant’s low credit score.
Status
Bill Text
Date | Bill Type | Click here for Bill Details (PDF) |
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2020-03-23 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0388+hil | |
2020-02-27 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB99ER+hil | |
2020-02-10 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB99H2+hil | |
2020-02-04 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB99H1+hil | |
2019-12-12 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB99+hil |
Votes
Date | Action | Vote | Document |
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2020-01-30 | House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) | Yea: 7 No: 0 Other: 0 | Document |
2020-01-30 | House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) | Yea: 7 No: 0 Other: 0 | Document |
2020-02-04 | House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) | Yea: 21 No: 1 Other: 0 | Document |
2020-02-11 | House: VOTE: Passage (80-Y 20-N) | Yea: 80 No: 20 Other: 0 | Document |
2020-02-19 | Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) | Yea: 13 No: 0 Other: 0 | Document |
2020-02-21 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) | Yea: 32 No: 0 Other: 0 | Document |
2020-02-24 | Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | Yea: 40 No: 0 Other: 0 | Document |
Amendments
no data available at this time.
Bill History
Date | Action |
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2020-03-23 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388) |
2020-03-23 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 388 (effective 7/1/20) |
2020-03-06 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020 |
2020-03-06 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020 |
2020-02-27 | Signed by President |
2020-02-27 | Signed by Speaker |
2020-02-27 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB99ER) |
2020-02-27 | Enrolled |
2020-02-24 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
2020-02-24 | Read third time |
2020-02-21 | Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) |
2020-02-19 | Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) |
2020-02-12 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
2020-02-12 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
2020-02-11 | VOTE: Passage (80-Y 20-N) |
2020-02-11 | Read third time and passed House (80-Y 20-N) |
2020-02-10 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB99H2 |
2020-02-10 | Substitute by Delegate Simon agreed to 20108069D-H2 |
2020-02-10 | Committee on General Laws substitute rejected 20107595D-H1 |
2020-02-10 | Read second time |
2020-02-10 | Floor substitute printed 20108069D-H2 (Simon) |
2020-02-07 | Passed by for the day |
2020-02-06 | Passed by for the day |
2020-02-05 | Read first time |
2020-02-04 | Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) |
2020-02-04 | Committee substitute printed 20107595D-H1 |
2020-01-30 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) |
2020-01-15 | Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection |
2019-12-12 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
2019-12-12 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100448D |
Sponsors
Name | District |
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Sam Rasoul | HD-011 |
Kathleen Murphy | HD-034 |
Dawn Adams | HD-068 |
Lashrecse Aird | HD-063 |
Lee Carter | HD-050 |
Joshua Cole | HD-028 |
Karrie Delaney | HD-067 |
Wendy Gooditis | HD-010 |
Patrick Hope | HD-047 |
Clinton Jenkins | HD-076 |
Jerrauld Jones | HD-089 |
Kaye Kory | HD-038 |
Mark Levine | HD-045 |
Alfonso Lopez | HD-049 |
Marcia Price | HD-095 |
Danica Roem | HD-013 |
Ibraheem Samirah | HD-086 |
Vivian Watts | HD-039 |
Rodney Willett | HD-073 |