# Virginia HB439: Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act; numerous revisions to Act, delayed effective date. Virginia HB439, Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act; numerous revisions to Act, delayed effective date., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Patrick A. Hope (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-08 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB439-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB439 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act; numerous revisions to Act, delayed effective date. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-12 - Last action: 2026-04-08, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393) - Sponsor: Patrick A. Hope (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 13 (493 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 61 ## Summary Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act. Provides for numerous revisions to the Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act. Among other revisions, the bill (i) authorizes certain actions to derive from its bylaws in addition to its articles of incorporation, (ii) makes changes to the process of amending articles of incorporation and bylaws, (iii) authorizes inclusion of an exclusive forum provision in the bylaws, (iv) permits transfer of membership interests, (v) authorizes members to bring derivative proceedings, (vi) permits a court to remove a director in certain circumstances, (vii) provides for abandonment of an amendment or restatement of the articles of incorporation, (viii) extends the current provisions related to mergers to include interest exchanges and to provide for parent-subsidiary mergers, (ix) replaces existing provisions on conversion with provisions based on the Virginia Stock Act, and (x) adds provisions governing charitable corporations and charitable assets, including the authority of the Office of the Attorney General with respect to such. The bill includes technical amendments and has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 246. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Clearer voting and election dispute protections: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, proxies last for their stated term, or 11 months if unstated, unless legally irrevocable. Fiduciaries entitled to vote can use proxies unless the articles or bylaws say otherwise. Election inspectors must confirm impartial service in writing and provide a written results… - Corporate moves preserve rights and obligations: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, changing a corporation’s legal home carries over its property, contracts, debts, obligations, and liabilities without interruption. The new governing documents and the plan’s treatment of membership interests take effect. Specified gifts and trust obligations also carry o… - Merger rights carry over for members: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, merger survivors receive participating entities’ property and contract rights without separate transfers or impairment. Unless governing documents or law say otherwise, new personal liability from membership applies only to obligations arising after a merger or interest e… - Boards gain limited no-meeting decision options: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, articles can expressly authorize board action by written consent without unanimous agreement. Approval needs at least the largest of three counts: a majority of serving directors, a quorum, or the meeting approval requirement. Every director must receive written notice de… - Corporations can keep lasting governance agreements: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, authorized governance agreements in articles or bylaws can last indefinitely unless amended. Written agreements last for the period they state. Written agreements effective before July 1, 2015, last 10 years unless their terms or later amendments say otherwise. Corporatio… - Courts can remove directors for misconduct: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, a circuit court can remove a director for fraud involving the corporation or its members. Gross abuse of the role or intentional harm to the corporation also qualifies. The court must find removal serves the corporation's best interest after considering the conduct and ot… - Directors get clearer quorum and dissent rules: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, a board's default quorum is a majority of its fixed or prescribed voting-director count. A variable-size board without a prescribed count uses the directors serving immediately before the meeting. Articles or bylaws can lower quorum, but not below one-third of the applica… - Directors get clearer resignation and replacement rules: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, directors can resign in writing to the board, chair, president, or secretary. Resignations can take effect later, including after a future event; replacements cannot serve before the vacancy occurs. A person can file a statement with the State Corporation Commission about… - More meeting options for corporation members: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, boards can authorize remote member participation, including voting, after verifying identity and providing real-time access. Meetings can be fully remote unless the articles or bylaws require a physical place. Boards can also authorize annual meetings and director or offi… - More options for corporate member voting: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, articles or bylaws can authorize member classes to elect some or all directors. They must authorize both the member classes and their election rights; each eligible class votes separately. A person can also provide a member's written consent that takes effect later or upo… - Charitable gifts survive major corporate changes: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, gifts and promises follow an entity that continues with a charitable purpose after a major corporate transaction. This includes gifts through wills, grants, and other promised transfers. The express terms of the will or other document still control. - Corporations gain court-approved reorganization options: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, corporations can carry out federally court-confirmed reorganization plans through more types of corporate filings. Options include amendments, mergers, interest exchanges, domestications, conversions, dissolution, and termination. Court-designated people can file the requ… - Corporations gain options to change founding documents: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, a corporation's board can amend its articles before the corporation completes its organization. If there is no board, the incorporators can approve the changes. A nonstock corporation can also abandon an approved amendment or restatement before its certificate takes effec… - Member approval rights when corporations change states: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, changes to plans for switching a corporation's governing state follow the plan's approval method. Without a stated method, the original approval method applies. Voting or consenting members must also approve changes to their payment, specified governing documents, or othe… - Member protections for mergers and interest exchanges: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, corporations can acquire specified classes of membership or other eligible ownership interests through interest exchanges. Payment can include interests, securities, obligations, rights, cash, or property; foreign participants' governing law must permit the exchange. Dome… - Corporations can preserve property title records: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, corporations can record certificates to keep property title records continuous after name changes or corrections. The option also covers mergers, legal-form changes, and moves between jurisdictions. Certificates must be recorded in the local deed books where the corporati… - Corporate articles limit members’ property claims: cost, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, members cannot claim a vested property right based only on certain provisions in corporate articles. These include provisions about management, control, capital structure, purpose, or duration. This limits the legal basis members can use to claim such property rights. - Member charges and membership challenge deadlines: cost, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, nonstock corporations can charge dues, assessments, and fees when their articles or bylaws authorize them. Those documents can set different charges or exemptions by member class, or delegate amounts and collection methods. They can authorize reasonable enforcement, inclu… - Corporations face tighter income distribution limits: cost, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, Virginia nonstock corporations cannot distribute income to members, directors, or officers. The law removes the exception for another nonprofit corporation that is a member or can appoint directors. It keeps the separate statutory exception and exceptions for distribution… - Higher reinstatement fees for Virginia corporate status: cost, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, domestic and foreign corporations pay $100 rather than $10 to apply for reinstatement. That is a $90 increase per application, paid by the corporation rather than as a household tax. Domestic corporations generally must apply within five years after ceasing to exist and s… - Returning out-of-state corporations need more records: cost, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, out-of-state corporations seeking restored Virginia business authority must document changes made while their authority was withdrawn or revoked. They must submit authenticated copies of governing-document amendments or corrections and merger, conversion, or jurisdiction-… - Claimants face deadlines after corporations close: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, a dissolved corporation's written notice must give known claimants at least 120 days to confirm claims. For claims not fully accepted, the notice must allow at least 180 days to start a court case; missed deadlines bar unaccepted amounts. Corporations can also publish not… - Defense advances with repayment for directors: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, corporations can advance directors’ defense expenses before a case ends. Directors must sign a promise to repay advances if they are not entitled to coverage. A director can ask the court handling the case, or another court with jurisdiction, for coverage or advances. Cou… - Insurance and coverage promises for leaders: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, corporations can buy insurance for current and former directors and officers, including service elsewhere at their request. Insurance can cover liabilities the corporation cannot directly cover or advance money for. Corporations can promise coverage and advances through a… - Legal cost protection for corporate leaders: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, legal-cost coverage includes predecessor entities and service for other entities or benefit plans at the corporation’s request. The definition of liability includes expenses without a reasonableness limit. Corporations can cover directors who meet good-faith and belief st… - Member lawsuits gain safeguards and limits: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, members suing on a corporation’s behalf must meet membership timing rules and fairly represent its interests. They must first send a written demand and generally wait 90 days. The wait ends after an earlier rejection or when delay would cause irreparable harm to the corpo… - Members and directors gain record access: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, directors can inspect and copy domestic or foreign nonstock corporation records reasonably related to their duties. Access must occur at a reasonable time and cannot serve another purpose or violate a duty to the corporation. Courts can order access at corporate expense a… - Members can receive copies with charges: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, corporations can provide record copies by photocopy or another method they choose, including electronic delivery. Members can be charged a reasonable amount covering the cost of providing copies. The charge can be based on estimated costs. - Members get records access with limits: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, members must send signed inspection demands to the secretary at least 10 business days ahead, up from five. Access includes specified board and committee records, financial ledgers and work papers for the latest annual statements, and member records. For this additional-r… - Moving corporations keeps members' earlier liabilities: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, members keep personal liability that arose before a foreign corporation becomes a Virginia corporation. The former jurisdiction's law still governs collection, release, and contribution rights for that liability. Earlier liability does not make members responsible for cor… - New governing document rules for homeowner associations: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, community associations lose an exception allowing certain required provisions only in their bylaws. They must follow the applicable requirements for their articles of incorporation. When association documents conflict, the declaration or condominium documents control memb… - Boards gain flexible sizes and terms: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, articles or bylaws can set board size or let members or directors choose within a stated range. Boards need at least one director; voting members can fix board size and block board changes to that rule. Unless terms are staggered, initial elected directors serve until the… - Corporate lawsuits face venue and expense rules: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, bylaws adopted before a case starts can direct internal claims to specified Virginia courts with jurisdiction. They can name additional courts in Virginia or where the principal office is located, but cannot bar Virginia courts or require arbitration. In suits brought for… - Corporations face updated member notice rules: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, meeting notices generally go to voting members 10–60 days ahead. Special meetings on amendments, mergers, interest exchanges, domestications, conversions, covered asset sales, or dissolution require 25–60 days' notice. Notices must give the date, time, location if any, an… - Corporations gain board alternatives with limits: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, authorized member or director agreements can change corporate governance, including eliminating the board. These agreements bind the parties and corporation even when they conflict with other rules in the act. An agreement can limit board powers, but the revised authority… - Corporations gain emergency powers and protections: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, qualifying catastrophic events allow corporations to use emergency procedures even when boards or committees can meet. Events include attacks on the United States or business or meeting locations, epidemics, pandemics, national emergency declarations, and principal-office… - Corporations gain staffing options with limits: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, board committees can include non-directors but must have at least two directors. Non-directors cannot vote when a committee performs a board function. Committees cannot propose actions to members when the law requires member approval. Boards elect officers, but bylaws or… - Corporations must spell out member rights: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, Virginia nonstock corporations must state in their articles whether they have members. The articles must list member classes, qualifications, and rights, including voting rights. The law also allows bylaws to set member classes and rights without prior authorization in th… - Director independence and opportunity duties change: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, director independence for specified decisions turns on financial interests and relationships expected to impair objective judgment. For specified expense-advancement and indemnification decisions, the director also cannot be a party to the case. Some circumstances do not,… - Member meeting requests face tighter deadlines: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, members can withdraw special-meeting demands by written notice to the secretary before the meeting starts. Unless another record date is set, the first signed demand delivered determines which members can demand the meeting. Enough signed demands must reach the secretary… - Members and directors get election safeguards: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, director qualifications cannot depend on duty-related actions or opinions that could impair a director's work. New qualifications cannot apply to an existing nomination or take effect during a director's current term. Members authorized to elect a director can remove that… - Members can act without meeting first: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, articles or bylaws can allow member action without a meeting or advance notice. Dated consents describing the action must reach the secretary and meet the vote required with all eligible members present and voting. Enough consents must arrive within 60 days of the earlies… - Members get voting lists and deadlines: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, corporations must prepare alphabetical member lists by voting group, with addresses and notice and voting eligibility. Lists become available five business days after meeting notice, at a stated physical location or on a reasonably accessible electronic network. Members c… - New voting rules for corporation members: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, most member actions other than director elections pass when yes votes exceed no votes and a quorum exists. Higher required thresholds still apply; abstentions do not count, and separate voting groups can vote at different times. Corporations acting in good faith can accep… - Boards gain flexibility with member safeguards: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, boards without voting members can amend articles using the articles’ process or a majority of voting directors. Unless the articles say otherwise, boards can make specified changes, including corporate name changes, without member action. Amendments needing member approva… - Broader mergers with member voting rules: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, domestic corporations can merge with domestic or foreign corporations and eligible entities. Two or more foreign corporations or eligible entities can also merge to form a Virginia corporation. Foreign participants or survivors must have permission under their governing l… - Charitable deals protect assets, limit payouts: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, major entity transactions cannot divert property held in trust or dedicated to charity from its charitable purpose. Exceptions must follow Virginia law governing changes to charitable uses or other protections against diversion. Members and affiliates generally cannot rec… - Clearer duties and removal for officers: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, the secretary or another designated officer prepares minutes and maintains and authenticates required corporate records. These assigned duties no longer include custody of the minutes. Officers can resign by written notice to the board, its chair, the appointing officer,… - Closing corporations must address unpaid claims: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, directors must pay claims or reasonably provide for payment before distributing liquidation assets, unless articles or bylaws say otherwise. Directors are protected from liability for claims barred or satisfied through the law's dissolution procedures. After following the… - Corporate conversions carry fees and exemptions: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, corporations pay $100 to file articles converting to an eligible entity, not just a limited liability company. A corporation can avoid its $25 annual registration fee when a listed transaction document takes effect by the fee due date. The State Corporation Commission mus… - Corporations can fix invalid actions for $25: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, nonstock corporations can ratify actions within their powers that were invalid because approval was defective. They must follow board approval, required member approval, notice, filing, and State Corporation Commission review procedures. Ratification validates the origina… - Corporations can move with member safeguards: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, corporations can change their legal home to or from Virginia when the relevant governing law permits. Virginia corporations cannot leave if law requires them to remain domestic. Boards seeking member approval must recommend the move or explain a conflict or special reason… - Corporations gain asset sale flexibility: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, corporations can transfer assets to wholly owned entities without member approval unless their articles or bylaws require it. The same exception covers outside-normal-business sales that retain activity supported by at least 33% of consolidated assets, measured at the las… - Corporations gain options to change form: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, Virginia corporations and eligible entities can change legal form when their governing laws permit it. Domestic partnerships also qualify with an uncanceled partnership-authority statement or registered limited liability partnership registration filed with the Commission.… - Corporations get extensions with added fees: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, the State Corporation Commission can extend annual report and annual registration fee deadlines by one to 11 months. The registered agent can request an extension, or the Commission can use extensions to spread deadlines throughout the year. Extending a fee deadline adds… - Corporations keep records and protect lists: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, corporations must keep accounting records supporting financial statements, current governing documents, leadership contacts, and their latest annual report. Corporations with members must retain specified minutes and member communications for three years and keep current… - Mergers preserve gifts but limit dissolution rights: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, a merger does not itself dissolve, terminate, or cancel a party or require winding up. It does not trigger third-party dissolution rights unless governing law or documents provide otherwise. Gifts, grants, bequests, and promises to a nonsurviving entity pass to the surviv… - New control over closing corporations: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, boards can set conditions for member approval of dissolution or for dissolution to take effect. A director or members holding at least 5% of voting power can seek court dissolution over a board deadlock. Members must be unable to break it, and it must threaten irreparable… - Out-of-state corporations get exemptions, agent duties: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, listed activities alone do not require an out-of-state corporation to obtain Virginia business authority. Examples include financial accounts, orders accepted outside Virginia, property protection, and interstate business. Authorized corporations must continuously keep a… - Parent mergers can skip member votes: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, parents holding at least 90% of each subsidiary voting class can complete specified mergers without subsidiary board or member approval. These include merging a subsidiary into the parent or another subsidiary, or merging the parent into a subsidiary. A domestic corporate… - Closing corporations must certify tax compliance: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, voluntarily dissolved corporations seeking termination must certify that required Virginia returns are filed and taxes paid. The certification covers the period through the termination statement date, after all assets have been distributed and dissolution remains in place… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Patrick A. Hope (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-12 | House | Senate amendments agreed to by House | pass | 98 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | Commerce and Labor Amendment agreed to | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-10 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-10 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments | pass | 13 | 0 | | | 2026-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 1 | | | 2026-02-04 | House | Passed House Block Vote | pass | 98 | 0 | | | 2026-01-29 | House | Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2026-01-27 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2026-01-20 | House | Referred from General Laws and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (40) - 2026-04-08: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393) (Governor) - 2026-04-08: Approved by Governor - Chapter 393 (effective 1/1/2027) (Governor) - 2026-04-06: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB439) (House) - 2026-03-31: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor) - 2026-03-31: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-31: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-03-30: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB439ER) (House) - 2026-03-30: Enrolled (House) - 2026-03-30: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-11: Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Commerce and Labor Amendment agreed to (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Read third time (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Senate committee offered (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (13-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Passed House Block Vote (98-Y 0-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-04: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House (House) - 2026-02-04: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 1-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-03: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2026-02-03: committee substitute agreed to (House) - 2026-02-03: Read second time (House) - 2026-02-02: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB439) (House) - 2026-02-02: Read first time (House) - 2026-01-29: Committee substitute printed 26106243D-H1 (House) - 2026-01-29: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-01-27: House subcommittee offered (House) - 2026-01-27: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-01-26: Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB439) (House) - 2026-01-22: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 (House) - 2026-01-20: Referred from General Laws and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote) (House) - 2026-01-12: Referred to Committee on General Laws (House) - 2026-01-12: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105342D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217719.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217718.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-03-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213549.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213548.PDF) - Amendment, 2026-03-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1205967.HTML) - Amendment, 2026-03-10: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1202084.HTML) - Amendment, 2026-03-09: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1200647.HTML) - Substitute, 2026-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103512.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103511.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-01-28: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1098942.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1098941.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-01-27: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1098347.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1098346.PDF) - Introduced, 2026-01-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084497.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084496.PDF) ## Related bills - HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed) - HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed) - HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed) - HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. 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Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026) - [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026) - [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026) - [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB439-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).