SB588
Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; affordable housing, criminal record screening policy.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 17, 2024
Senate: Passed by for the day
Chief Patron:
Louise Lucas (D)
Session:
2024 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 HB 1207. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2024 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104519D
- 01/10/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/26/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB588)
- 02/05/2024 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (11-Y 2-N)
- 02/05/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to General Laws and Technology
- 02/07/2024 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB588E
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 24104519D-E
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/15/2024 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/15/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/20/2024 - House: Reported from General Laws (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/22/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/23/2024 - House: Read third time
- 02/23/2024 - House: Passed House (50-Y 48-N)
- 02/23/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (50-Y 48-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/26/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB588E)
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB588ER)
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB588ER)
- 02/28/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2024 - Senate: 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 - Senate: Passed by for the day
