HB1207
Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; affordable housing, criminal record screening policy.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; affordable housing; criminal record screening model policy.
Requires the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development (the Department) to develop a criminal record screening model policy for admitting or denying an applicant for affordable housing covered under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's ... (More) guidance on the application of the Fair Housing Act and maintain such model policy on its website. The bill prohibits a landlord of an affordable housing unit from inquiring about or requiring disclosure of, or if such information is received, basing an adverse action, in whole or in part, on an applicant's criminal or arrest record unless the landlord does so in accordance with the criminal record screening model policy developed by the Department and posted on its website and provides the applicant with a written copy of such policy. The bill directs the Department to convene a stakeholder group to provide input into the development of the criminal record screening model policy. This bill is identical to SB 588. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102160D
- 01/10/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/26/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1207)
- 01/26/2024 - House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 02/01/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/01/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/06/2024 - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (10-Y 9-N)
- 02/08/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/09/2024 - House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/09/2024 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1207E
- 02/09/2024 - House: Printed as engrossed 24102160D-E
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/12/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/21/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/21/2024 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/23/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1207E)
- 02/26/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/2024 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/26/2024 - Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/26/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/26/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/28/2024 - House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/28/2024 - House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 48-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/05/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/05/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1207ER)
- 03/05/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1207ER)
- 03/11/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/2024 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/2024 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
