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HB 600 VA
Introduced

Short-term rental properties; rental operator to complete human trafficking awareness training.

VA · session 2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 13, 2026

Latest action (Feb 18, 2026) Left in Committee Appropriations

Summary

Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training. Requires every short-term rental operator, defined in the bill, and its employees to complete an approved training course on recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking, as provided or approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill requires that any short-term rental registry ordinance adopted by a locality pursuant to relevant law shall include that the training on recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking required by the bill be completed as part of the registration process. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. The bill contains technical amendments.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (10)
  1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105276D · lower
  2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
  3. Jan 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB600) · lower
  4. Jan 26, 2026 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection · lower
  5. Feb 12, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
  6. Feb 12, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N) · lower
  7. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107942D-H1 · lower
  8. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) · lower
  9. Feb 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB600) · lower
  10. Feb 18, 2026 Left in Committee Appropriations · lower

Text versions (8)

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  • 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
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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