Virginia House Bill 720 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 8 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-03-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)

Landlord and tenant law; definitions; payment of rent; landlord remedies. Adds, among other things, a definition of "application fee," caps the fee at $50, and provides that such fee is nonrefundable. The bill also defines "written notice" as notice, including any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed in or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic form or other medium, retrievable in a perceivable form, and regardless of whether an electronic signature is affixed. In cases where a tenant pays rent with a bad check, the bill also allows a landlord to seek an award of costs or attorney fees or the lesser of $250 or three times the amount of the bad check, draft or order as part of the damages requested on an unlawful detainer action, provided the landlord has given notice. The bill allows such notice to be included in the five-day termination notice at the option of the landlord. The bill contains specific provisions if the dwelling unit is a public housing unit or other housing unit subject to regulation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The bill contains technical amendments.

Landlord and tenant; definition of application fee, etc. and manner of serving notice to tenants.

Del. Glenn Oder [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-14		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)
2008-03-08		House: Enacted, Chapter 489 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-03-08		Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
2008-03-08		House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2008-03-08		House: Reenrolled bill text (HB720ER2)
2008-03-08		House: Reenrolled
2008-03-08		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2008-03-08		Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
2008-03-07		House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (96-Y 1-N)
2008-03-07		House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 1-N)
2008-03-06		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-03-06		House: Governor's recommendation received by House
2008-02-28		Senate: Signed by President
2008-02-27		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-02-27		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB720ER)
2008-02-27		House: Enrolled
2008-02-25		Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-25		Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-25		Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2008-02-25		Senate: Read third time
2008-02-22		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-20		Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2008-02-11		Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2008-02-11		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2008-02-08		House: Communicated to Senate
2008-02-08		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2008-02-08		House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2008-02-07		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB720H1
2008-02-07		House: Committee substitute agreed to 081851668-H1
2008-02-07		House: Read second time
2008-02-06		House: Read first time
2008-02-05		House: Committee substitute printed 081851668-H1
2008-02-05		House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2008-01-17		House: Assigned GL sub: Housing
2008-01-08		House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
2008-01-08		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081798668

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB720