SB 313 VA

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Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods; prohibited fees. Requires a landlord subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to accept payment of periodic rent and any security deposit by check and money order. The bill additionally prohibits such a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay any fee to submit periodic rent payments or other amounts due in excess of the actual out-of-pocket expenses charged to the landlord by a third party to process a payment. Finally, the bill prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay any fee for the maintenance or repair of any dwelling unit unless the repair is necessitated by the tenant's violation of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. This bill is identical to HB 1005.

• Adam P. Ebbin · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100239D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
3. Jan 21, 2026 Assigned GL&T sub: Housing · upper
4. Jan 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB313) · upper
5. Jan 28, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
6. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 5-N) · upper
7. Feb 5, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106398D-S1 · upper
8. Feb 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB313) · upper
9. Feb 6, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
10. Feb 6, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
11. Feb 6, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 6, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
13. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · upper
14. Feb 9, 2026 Education and Health Substitute agreed to · upper
15. Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
16. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
17. Feb 13, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
18. Feb 13, 2026 Read first time · lower
19. Feb 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
20. Feb 18, 2026 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection · lower
21. Feb 19, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
22. Feb 19, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) · lower
23. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 5-N) · lower
24. Feb 25, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108187D-H1 · lower
25. Feb 25, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB313) · upper
26. Feb 26, 2026 Read second time · lower
27. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · lower
28. Feb 27, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
29. Feb 27, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
30. Feb 27, 2026 Passed House with substitute (62-Y 34-N 0-A) · lower
31. Mar 3, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 4, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
33. Mar 4, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
34. Mar 6, 2026 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
35. Mar 6, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
36. Mar 6, 2026 Senate Conferees: Bennett-Parker, VanValkenburg, French · upper
37. Mar 11, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
38. Mar 11, 2026 House Conferees: Tran, Carroll, Leftwich · lower
39. Mar 14, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
40. Mar 14, 2026 House Conferees: Tran, Price, Leftwich · lower
41. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
42. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
43. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
44. Mar 18, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB313) · upper
45. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
46. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB313ER) · upper
47. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
48. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
49. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
50. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
51. Apr 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB313) · upper
52. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 723 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · PDF
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · PDF
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML