Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; residential building energy analysis.
Summary
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosures for a buyer to beware; residential building energy analyst. Adds obtaining a residential building energy analysis to the disclosure statement furnished to the buyer by the owner of residential real property that the buyer beware and exercise necessary due diligence with respect to determining the condition of real property or any improvements thereon. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. The bill incorporates HB 574 and is identical to SB 628.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 4, 2020
Signed Mar 2, 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
28
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Mar 2, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 26 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 3-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 (86-Y 13-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB518H1
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20105993D-H1
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-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 4, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 4, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103392D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Bulova
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
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