# Virginia SB182: Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training, delayed effective date.

Virginia SB182, Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training, delayed effective date., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-03-10 (Left in Appropriations) (as of 2026-11-06).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB182-2026
- As of: 2026-11-06
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB182
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training, delayed effective date.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-09
- Last action: 2026-03-10, Left in Appropriations
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training. Requires every operator, defined in the bill, and its employees to complete an approved training course on recognizing and reporting instances of suspected human trafficking, as provided or approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, by January 1, 2028, and every two years thereafter. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. The bill contains technical amendments.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Related bills

- HB20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers. (signed)
- SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- SB128: Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty. (signed)
- HB1444: Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; created, report, membership. (signed)
- HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed)

## Sources
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## Related
- [HB20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB20-2026)
- [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026)
- [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026)
- [SB128: Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB128-2026)
- [HB1444: Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; created, report, membership.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1444-2026)
- [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB182-2026 (as of 2026-11-06).