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SB 182 VA
Passed One Chamber

Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training, delayed effective date.

VA · session 2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 9, 2026

Latest action (Mar 10, 2026) Left in Appropriations

Summary

Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training. Requires every 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, by January 1, 2028, and every two years thereafter. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. The bill contains technical amendments.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (21)

  1. Jan 9, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100926D · upper
  2. Jan 9, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
  3. Jan 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB182) · upper
  4. Jan 28, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
  5. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
  6. Jan 29, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26105290D-S1 · upper
  7. Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB182) · upper
  8. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
  9. Feb 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
  10. Feb 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  11. Feb 5, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
  12. Feb 5, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
  13. Feb 6, 2026 Read second time · upper
  14. Feb 6, 2026 General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to · upper
  15. Feb 6, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
  16. Feb 9, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  17. Feb 12, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
  18. Feb 12, 2026 Read first time · lower
  19. Feb 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
  20. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) · lower
  21. Mar 10, 2026 Left in Appropriations · lower

Text versions (6)

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  • 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

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