Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures, lead pipe.
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
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Signed Mar 8, 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
38
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Mar 8, 2020
Executive · Passed
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Mar 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Mar 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N 1-A)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1342H1
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20105997D-H1
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102020D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alex Q. Askew
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Kelly Fowler
DDemocratic
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