HB329
Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant/manufactured Home Lot Rental Acts; retaliatory conduct prohibited.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 2, 2026
House: Read third time and passed House (85-Y 13-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Adele McClure (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; retaliatory conduct prohibited.
Adds numerous actions to the list of prohibited retaliatory actions by a landlord against a tenant under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act and specifies actions by a tenant for which a landlord may not retaliate. The bill modifies and expands the list ... (More) of actions a landlord may take without violating the prohibition on retaliation. The bill allows a tenant, when the landlord has unlawfully retaliated, to recover actual damages and to assert retaliation as a defense in any action brought against him for possession. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/11/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100665D
- 01/11/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/19/2026 - House: Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/20/2026 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/22/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB329)
- 01/26/2026 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Read first time
- 01/30/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 01/30/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (85-Y 13-N 0-A)
