HB 1161 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures, lead pipes.

Summary
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Actand Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; required disclosures;lead pipe. Requires the owner of a residential dwelling who hasactual knowledge of the existence of lead pipe in such dwelling unitto provide to a prospective purchaser a written disclosure that theproperty has lead pipe. Such disclosure shall be provided to the purchaser on a form provided by the Real Estate Board on its website. The billalso requires any landlord of a dwelling unit who has actual knowledgeof the existence of lead pipe in such dwelling unit to disclose thatinformation to a prospective tenant. Any tenant who is not providedwith such disclosure may terminate the lease agreement at any time within 60 days of discovery of the existence of lead pipe by providingwritten notice to the landlord. The bill defines "lead pipe" as anypipe or pipe or plumbing fixture, solder, or flux that does not meetthe federal Safe Drinking Water Act definition of "lead free."
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Signed Mar 31, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
34
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Amendments
3
Mar 31, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 520 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 26, 2020
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 24, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 24, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1161H1
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20107141D-H1
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101690D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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