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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent. Removes the provision requiring that a tenant in possession of a dwelling unit, prior to asserting a defense against an action for rent or possession, pay into court the amount of rent found by the court to be due and unpaid and for such amount to be held by the court pending the issuance of an order. The bill also limits the discretion of the court in actions for possession based upon nonpayment of rent and actions for rent by a landlord when the tenant is in possession of a dwelling unit.
Introduced
Jan 9, 2026
Last Action
Mar 12, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 3 co
Senate amendment agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to
Read third time
Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate as amended
Read third time
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (9-Y 6-N)
Senate committee offered
Assigned GL&T sub: Housing
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB281)
Engrossed by House as amended
committee amendment agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
House committee offered
Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (15-Y 6-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB281)
Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
Referred to Committee on General Laws
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101499D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Senate amendment agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)