SB 182 VA Passed One Chamber
Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training, delayed effective date.
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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)
- Angelia Williams Graves Democratic · primary
Action history (21)
- Jan 9, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100926D · upper
- Jan 9, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
- Jan 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB182) · upper
- Jan 28, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
- Jan 28, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
- Jan 29, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26105290D-S1 · upper
- Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB182) · upper
- Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
- Feb 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
- Feb 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
- Feb 5, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
- Feb 5, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
- Feb 6, 2026 Read second time · upper
- Feb 6, 2026 General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to · upper
- Feb 6, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
- Feb 9, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
- Feb 12, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
- Feb 12, 2026 Read first time · lower
- Feb 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
- Feb 19, 2026 Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) · lower
- Mar 10, 2026 Left in Appropriations · lower
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