HB 848 — Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord, rent escrow, relief.
VA 20261 session
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord; rent escrow; relief. Removes the requirement that, prior to the granting of any relief, a tenant shall pay into escrow any amount of rent called for under the rental agreement. The bill requires the tenant, during the pendency of the action, to pay into escrow the amount of rent that becomes due within five days of the date due under the rental agreement, unless or until such amount is modified by a subsequent order of the court. The bill also provides that a failure of the tenant to make timely payments into escrow shall not be grounds for dismissal of the underlying action but may be considered by the court when issuing an order. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (6)
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — sponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Delores L. McQuinn (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (47)
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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 | Rae Cousins (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Delores L. McQuinn (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jackie H. Glass (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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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