HB 14 — Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities.
VA 20261 session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. Provides that if a condition exists in a dwelling unit that constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or with any provision of law that, if not remedied within a reasonable time frame, constitutes a fire hazard or serious threat to the life, health, or safety of a tenant or occupant of the premises, a locality may institute an action on behalf of any tenant or occupant of the premises who is injured by such material noncompliance for injunction and damages to enforce the landlord's duty to maintain the dwelling unit in a fit and habitable condition, provided that (i) the premises where the violation occurred is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the locality and (ii) the locality has notified the landlord who owns the premises, either directly or through the managing agent, of the nature of the violation and the landlord has failed to remedy the violation to the satisfaction of the locality within a reasonable time after receiving such notice. This bill is identical to SB 290.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (26)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — sponsor
- Bonita G. Anthony (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Betsy B. Carr (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael B. Feggans (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adele Y. McClure (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kimberly Pope Adams (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- JJ Singh (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jeion A. Ward (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (35)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Bonita G. Anthony (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | JJ Singh (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Jackie H. Glass (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Jeion A. Ward (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Kimberly Pope Adams (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Marty Martinez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Michael B. Feggans (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Patrick A. Hope (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Rae Cousins (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Sam Rasoul (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no