As the 2023 Legislative Session passes its midpoint, Del. Maldonado continues to work hard to advocate for her constituents. During the first half of Session, she presented a variety of legislative priorities to the House of Delegates. The summary below provides status updates for each of Del. Maldonado’s bills.
As always, Virginia Navigator provides an excellent outline of how Virginia bills become law, and details about Del. Maldonado’s committee assignments and bills are available via the Virginia House of Delegates.
Bills Supported as Chief Patron
HB 1702 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement; rent increase; notice. Requires a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity in the Commonwealth, to, in the case of any rental agreement that contains an option to renew or an automatic renewal provision, provide written notice to the tenant notifying the tenant of any increase in rent during the subsequent rental agreement term no less than 60 days prior to the end of the current rental agreement term.
Latest Status: 01/30/23 House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N)
Senate referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
HB 2022 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rent increase during tenancy.
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rent increase during tenancy; conditions. Provides that a rental agreement shall not contain provisions that the tenant agrees to pay any increase in rent during the term of a written lease unless such increase is agreed to in a separate, written document signed by the tenant and the landlord that includes (i) the new amount of rent to be charged to the tenant, (ii) the date upon which the rent increase becomes effective, and (iii) any additional terms or benefits to the tenant agreed to as consideration for such increase in rent.
Latest Status: 01/26/23 House: This bill did not pass
HB 2023 Wage or salary history inquiries prohibited; civil penalty.
Wage or salary history inquiries prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote a prospective employee or otherwise retaliating against a prospective employee for not providing wage or salary history; (v) failing or refusing to provide a prospective employee the wage or salary range for the position for which the prospective employee is applying prior to discussing compensation and at any time upon the prospective employee’s request; and (vi) failing to set a wage or salary range in good faith.
Latest Status: 01/31/23 House: This bill did not pass
HB 2363 Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act; definition of refiner
Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act; definition of refiner. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act, “refiner” includes a supplier of motor fuel or any affiliate of such supplier.
Latest Status: 01/24/23 House: This bill did not pass
HB 2378 Public school teachers; provision of temporary funding, recruitment and retention.
Public school teachers; licensure; recruitment and retention; provision of temporary funding. Directs temporary funding to be provided to local school divisions identified as having experienced increased teacher turnover or teacher staffing shortages for the purpose of providing recruitment and retention bonuses to encourage teachers to attain employment and remain employed in such school divisions and teacher tuition assistance to support provisionally licensed teachers in such school divisions in attaining full licensure.
Latest Status: 01/24/23 House: This bill did not pass
Other Resources
Use these quick links to access detailed information on Del. Maldonado’s work during Legislative Session.
- Current Committee Assignments
- Courts of Justice
- Education & K-12 Subcommittee
- Privileges and Elections & Subcommittee #2
- Sponsored Legislation
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