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HB2006

Va. Fair Housing Law; responsibilities with respect to use of an assistance animal in a dwelling.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Betsy Carr (D)

Session:
2017 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed Both Chambers. Virginia Fair Housing Law; rights and responsibilities with respect to the use of an assistance animal in a dwelling.

Sets out the rights and responsibilities under the Virginia Fair Housing Law (§ 36-96.1 et seq.) with respect to maintaining an assistance animal in a dwelling. The bill establishes a process through which a person with a disability may submit a request for a reasonable accommodation to maintain an assistance animal in a dwelling, including any supporting documentation verifying the disability and disability-related need for an accommodation. Under the bill, a request for reasonable accommodation to maintain an assistance animal may be denied for any one of the following reasons: (i) the requester does not have a disability; (ii) the requester does not have a disability-related need for an assistance animal; (iii) the accommodation imposes an undue financial and administrative burden on the person receiving the request; or (iv) the accommodation would fundamentally alter the nature of the operations of the person receiving the request. The bill provides that whenever a request for a reasonable accommodation to maintain an assistance animal in a dwelling is denied for reasons other than that the requester does not have a disability or a disability-related need for an assistance animal, an interactive process shall be initiated to determine if there is an alternative accommodation that would effectively address the disability-related need. The bill also defines "assistance animal," "major life activities," "therapeutic relationship," and "physical or mental impairment." The bill provides that if any provision of its provisions is determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to be not substantially equivalent or otherwise inconsistent with the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., as amended, such provision shall not be enforceable. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1228. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/10/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103597D
  • 01/10/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
  • 01/16/2017 - House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
  • 01/16/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2006)
  • 01/17/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
  • 01/19/2017 - House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
  • 01/23/2017 - House: Read first time
  • 01/24/2017 - House: Read second time and engrossed
  • 01/25/2017 - House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
  • 01/25/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
  • 01/26/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 01/26/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
  • 02/13/2017 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105420D-S1
  • 02/13/2017 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
  • 02/15/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2006S1)
  • 02/15/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/16/2017 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/16/2017 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/16/2017 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17105420D-S1
  • 02/16/2017 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2006S1
  • 02/16/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
  • 02/16/2017 - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/16/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/20/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/20/2017 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House 17105420D-S1 (3-Y 91-N)
  • 02/20/2017 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 91-N)
  • 02/21/2017 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/21/2017 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
  • 02/22/2017 - House: House acceded to request
  • 02/23/2017 - House: Conferees appointed by House
  • 02/23/2017 - House: Delegates: Carr, Peace, Helsel
  • 02/23/2017 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 02/23/2017 - Senate: Senators: Barker, Suetterlein, Sturtevant
  • 02/24/2017 - House: Conference substitute printed 17105862D-H1
  • 02/24/2017 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/24/2017 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
  • 02/24/2017 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N)
  • 03/03/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2006H1)
  • 03/07/2017 - House: Enrolled
  • 03/07/2017 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2006ER)
  • 03/07/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2006ER)
  • 03/07/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/10/2017 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/13/2017 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
  • 03/13/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 03/24/2017 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 729 (effective 7/1/17)
  • 03/24/2017 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0729)

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