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HB1842

Property owners' associations & unit owners' associations; rulemaking authority concerning smoking.

Status:
Passed

Chief Patron:
Mark Keam (D)

Session:
2021 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed Both Chambers. Property Owners' Association Act; Condominium Act; rulemaking authority of property owners' associations and unit owners' associations; smoking.

Permits (i) except to the extent that the declaration provides otherwise, the board of directors of a property owners' association to establish reasonable rules that restrict smoking in the development, including (a) rules that prohibit smoking in the common areas and, (b) for developments that include attached private dwelling units, rules that prohibit smoking within such dwelling units, and (ii) except to the extent that the condominium instruments provide otherwise, the executive board of a condominium unit owners' association to establish reasonable rules that restrict smoking in the condominium, including rules that prohibit smoking in the common elements and within units. The bill clarifies the authority of executive boards of condominium unit owners' associations to establish, adopt, and enforce rules and regulations with respect to the use of the common elements of the condominium and with respect to such other areas of responsibility assigned to the unit owners' association by the condominium instruments, except where expressly reserved by the condominium instruments to the unit owners. The bill also permits unit owners, by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of the unit owners' association, to repeal or amend any rule or regulation adopted by the executive board. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/07/2021 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102397D
  • 01/07/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
  • 01/12/2021 - House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
  • 01/14/2021 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 1-N)
  • 01/14/2021 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/14/2021 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/14/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1842)
  • 01/14/2021 - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment (19-Y 3-N)
  • 01/15/2021 - House: Read first time
  • 01/18/2021 - House: Read second time
  • 01/18/2021 - House: Committee amendment agreed to
  • 01/18/2021 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1842E
  • 01/18/2021 - House: Printed as engrossed 21102397D-E
  • 01/19/2021 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/19/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1842E)
  • 01/19/2021 - House: Read third time and passed House (72-Y 27-N)
  • 01/19/2021 - House: VOTE: Passage (72-Y 27-N)
  • 01/20/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 01/20/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
  • 02/05/2021 - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
  • 02/10/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/10/2021 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 02/15/2021 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/15/2021 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
  • 02/15/2021 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
  • 02/15/2021 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 02/15/2021 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (27-Y 12-N)
  • 02/17/2021 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/17/2021 - House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (66-Y 32-N)
  • 02/17/2021 - House: VOTE: Adoption (66-Y 32-N)
  • 02/17/2021 - House: Reconsideration of Senate amendment agreed to by House
  • 02/17/2021 - House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (68-Y 31-N)
  • 02/17/2021 - House: VOTE: Adoption #2 (68-Y 31-N)
  • 02/22/2021 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/22/2021 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1842ER)
  • 02/22/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1842ER)
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/24/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/25/2021 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
  • 02/25/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 03/18/2021 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 131 (effective 7/1/21)
  • 03/18/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0131)

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