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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 182: Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training, delayed effective date.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 182 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 9, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Short-term rental properties; human trafficking awareness training, delayed effective date. Primary sponsor: Angelia Graves (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 10, 2026): Left in Appropriations.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Angelia GravesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate21

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Appropriations
  2. Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
  3. Referred to Committee on General Laws
  4. Read first time
  5. Placed on Calendar
  6. Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  7. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  8. General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
  9. Read second time
  10. Passed by for the day
  11. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  12. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source