Virginia House Bill 221 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: Passed on March 3 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162)

Landlord and managing agent immunity for mold claims. Provides that landlords and managing agents are not liable for civil damages in an action for exposure to mold arising from the condition within the interior of a dwelling unit brought by a tenant, authorized occupant, or guest or invitee if the mold condition is caused solely by the negligence of the tenant. The bill also provides that managing agents with no maintenance responsibilities are not liable for damages unless the agents have actual knowledge of the mold condition and fail to disclose the existence of the condition to the landlord and any prospective or actual tenants. The bill provides further that if a written move-in inspection report reflects that there is no visible evidence of mold in a dwelling unit, and the tenant does not object in writing to such report within five days of his receipt of the report, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that no mold existed at the time of the move-in inspection. The bill also requires landlords and managing agents with maintenance responsibilities to perform mold remediation if visible evidence of mold occurs within a dwelling unit. This bill is identical to

Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; duty of landlord and managing agent for visible mold.

No sponsor information available at this time.

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162)
2008-03-03		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 162 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-02-25		Senate: Signed by President
2008-02-21		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-02-21		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB221ER)
2008-02-21		House: Enrolled
2008-02-20		House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
2008-02-20		House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
2008-02-19		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-18		Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-18		Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
2008-02-18		Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
2008-02-18		Senate: Reading of amendment waived
2008-02-18		Senate: Read third time
2008-02-15		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 1-N)
2008-02-13		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
2008-02-08		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-02-08		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2008-02-07		House: Communicated to Senate
2008-02-07		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2008-02-07		House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2008-02-06		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB221H1
2008-02-06		House: Committee substitute agreed to 081490588-H1
2008-02-06		House: Read second time
2008-02-05		House: Read first time
2008-02-04		House: Committee substitute printed 081490588-H1
2008-02-01		House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2008-01-10		House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2007-12-28		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2007-12-28		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081073588

SB232 (Same As) 2010-04-13 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB221