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Senator Mark Perry, the bill\u0000patron, told the subcommittee the measure expands existing protections to allow tenants who obtain a magistrate- or judge-issued emergency, preliminary or permanent protective order, or who have a magistrate finding probable cause or a charging document, to give notice and terminate their lease early in order to escape domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking situations. \"This bill really seeks to protect victims of some of the most serious crimes we see in our country and particularly the most vulnerable victims,\" Perry said.

Supporters and opponents focused debate on emergency protective orders, which magistrates can issue for immediate, short-term protection (72 hours). Several housing-industry groups and the Virginia Poverty Law Center told the committee they worried abusers could misuse emergency protective orders as a tool to displace people or further control victims. Karen Korman of the realtors said her group supported the bill\u0000\"We support the concept,\" she said\u0000but added concerns about the automatic 72-hour emergency order. Christy Marrow of the Virginia Poverty Law Center said \"our concern is that it would be misused because we know that sometimes abusers get emergency protective orders as a further form of control and abuse against the victim.\" Representatives of apartment and management trade groups expressed similar worries.

Several delegates and senators on the dais debated safeguards and practical effects. Perry said the bill aims to balance protections for victims with safeguards; he noted that under current statutory practice tenants who use a protective order to terminate a lease still must pay the final rent period specified by statute. Opponents raised scenarios where short-term orders could inadvertently displace other household members who share a lease.

After extended discussion, a motion was made and seconded to remove the emergency protective order language from the bill and to shorten the notice period from 30 days to 28 days. The subcommittee adopted that amendment and then voted to report the bill as amended; the clerk recorded the final report vote as 6 to 2 in favor.

The measure now moves forward in the legislative process as a reported, amended bill from the housing and consumer protection subcommittee.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Housing-Consumer Protection Subcommittee Thursday, Feb 6, 2025 3:32 PM - 4:12 PM","oneSentenceSummary","The House General Laws Committee\u0000housing and consumer protection subcommittee voted 6-2 to report Senate Bill 884 as amended, allowing tenants who obtain certain protective orders to terminate leases with 28 days' notice.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature VA, Virginia","taxId",77687,"location","Virginia","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6346182,"Votes at a glance: Subcommittee reports a series of public-safety, housing and consumer bills; most pass unanimously",329,2046320,2376005,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2247284-0732cd3b3473b74cd5e732f83c5b5da7&start=2046&end=2376","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2247284-0732cd3b3473b74cd5e732f83c5b5da7/thumbnail_2046320.jpg","/articles/6346182/Virginia/Votes-at-a-glance-Subcommittee-reports-a-series-of-public-safety-housing-and-consumer-bills-most-pass-unanimously","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6346182-c1724d4e2e92edd9c0b6ed9dffba4cf1/orig.mp4?Expires=1773608631&Signature=PMzoYsNg0noxA~h5K8O0kIkJhthQjkUgMri9cA~iXoJ4DjyfR~AzydvMvXT3CU5QiWt6ZLuGqahgY2Fbt2ulG2tvWZuUGQuK4BfYReHVfqzjYfOY9Az9u5ZG39wKYM-aOxloFqnO~3cqFbRBCWj1nxL44-dgJhhbSsOwJADJUxSo-HNP8JEVrAlkTQh9iJHSXoTTaTgxBCRuVE5wt3L4Ire6p~yyuL7H-A~WILrRCYtJAug5Ax4kemPcn~ujvkB~dAierZsssHuHo4uFmQ66zLFmWEV6Pa9JujR7RTfuOPcfya59xuN4uVQWOoX1sK5~fGIwVurr9v9A4NG-1bGtuw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House General Laws Committee\u0000housing and consumer protection subcommittee voted on multiple bills during its session. Key outcomes included unanimous or near-unanimous reports for several relatively noncontroversial measures and a split vote on a contested housing bill.

Votes and brief descriptions

- Senate Bill 1248 (Sen. Ackworth): Reported 8-0. The bill would exempt localities with a total population under 10,000 from fees for state fire marshal inspections tied to locally conducted fireworks displays. The sponsor said only one locality in Virginia had used the permit; the bill was reported with no fiscal impact cited.

- Senate Bill 934 (Sen. Craig): Reported 8-0. The bill would allow unclaimed funds in the Volunteer Firefighters and Rescue Squad Workers Service Award Program (VOSAP) to be transferred to the Virginia unclaimed property program after five years, aligning VOSAP unclaimed funds with general unclaimed-property procedures.

- Senate Bill 1282 (Sen. Durant): Reported 8-0 (conformed to House language). The bill adopts the federal National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) reporting standard as state reporting transitions to the national system; minor language conformance was adopted.

- Senate Bill 754 (Sen. Favola): Reported 6-2. The bill would add reproductive and sexual-health information to the Virginia Consumer Protection Act and create a private right of action for willful, nonconsensual release of that data; HIPAA-covered information is excluded. Supporters included Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia.

- Senate Bill 842 (Sen. Favola, Joint Commission on Health Care recommendation): Reported 8-0. The bill directs the Department of Community Development to advance broadband programs to support mobile health clinics and to leverage federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment funds.

- Senate Bill 1376 (Sen. Morrison): Motion to \"go by for the day\" carried; the bill was laid aside for the day (no final action reported).

- Senate Bill 1055 (Sen. Rome): Reported 8-0. The bill expands interment-right protections so that identified family cemeteries located on public property owned by a locality, or held in trust for a locality, are covered; the sponsor described cases where counties had revoked burial rights on former heirs' properties.

Several measures drew little or no public opposition; others prompted short stakeholder comments. The clerk recorded reported-vote tallies on the record for each bill as indicated above. The subcommittee adjourned after reporting the day's business.","The housing and consumer protection subcommittee reported several bills to advance, including unanimous reports on fireworks-permit and reporting bills, and a 6-2 report on a lease-termination bill after amendment.","actionData","errors"]

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Subcommittee removes emergency-protective-order trigger, approves amended bill letting tenants end leases with 28 days' notice

Votes at a glance: Subcommittee reports a series of public-safety, housing and consumer bills; most pass unanimously