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HB329Introduced in the House of Delegates

Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant/Manufactured Home Lot Rental Acts; retaliatory conduct prohibited.

Enrolled

Introduced by Adele McClure, District 2

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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 specifies actions by a tenant for which a landlord may not retaliate. The bill modifies and expands the list of actions a landlord may take without violating the prohibition on retaliation. The bill allows a tenant, when the landlord has unlawfully retaliated, to recover actual damages and to assert retaliation as a defense in any action brought against him for possession. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text

May 14, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation nos 1 - 3 (25-Y 14-N 0-A) · April 22, 2026

25

Yes

14

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1No
Mark Obenshain2No
Chris Head3Absent
David Suetterlein4Yes
Travis Hackworth5No
Todd Pillion6No
William Stanley7No
Mark Peake8Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100665D

  2. Referred to Committee on General Laws

  3. Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection

  4. Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)

  5. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB329)

  6. Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)

  7. Read first time

  8. Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar

  9. Read second time and engrossed

  10. Read third time and passed House (85-Y 13-N 0-A)

  11. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  12. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

  13. Assigned GL&T sub: Housing

  14. Senate committee offered

  15. Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N)

  16. Rules suspended

  17. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  18. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  19. Read third time

  20. General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to

  21. Engrossed by Senate as amended

  22. Passed Senate with amendment (25-Y 15-N 0-A)

  23. Senate amendment agreed to by House (79-Y 20-N 0-A)

  24. Enrolled

  25. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB329ER)

  26. Signed by President

  27. Signed by Speaker

  28. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  29. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  30. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB329)

  31. Governor's recommendation received by House

  32. House concurred in Governor's recommendation (70-Y 29-N 0-A)

  33. Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation nos 1 - 3 (25-Y 14-N 0-A)

  34. Governor's recommendation no 3 passed by (Voice Vote)

  35. Governor's recommendation adopted

  36. Signed by Speaker

  37. Signed by President

  38. Communicated to Governor

  39. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 23, 2026

  40. Reenrolled

  41. Reenrolled bill text (HB329ER2)

  42. Reenrolled bill reprinted 26100665D

  43. Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP1111)

  44. Acts of Assembly Chapter text

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