---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Owners' Association Act and Virginia Condominium Act; contract disclosure statement."
description: "Property Owners' Association Act and Virginia Condominium Act; contract disclosure statement; extension of right of cancellation. Provides for a limited extension of the right of cancellation where such extension is provided for in a ratified real estate contract, defined in the bill. This bill is identical to SB 672."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "Virginia HB 176 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-12-26"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dc81fd0-a8df-43a0-a730-0bada1f1792f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB176"
source_hash: "ffd5dcce9220c9f817d270d1de468dc4782c0b63969bd15d218f37ab6c3e9115"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 176 (2020) — Property Owners' Association Act and Virginia Condominium Act; contract disclosure statement.

Property Owners' Association Act and Virginia Condominium Act; contract disclosure statement; extension of right of cancellation. Provides for a limited extension of the right of cancellation where such extension is provided for in a ratified real estate contract, defined in the bill. This bill is identical to SB 672.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0121)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0121)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB176ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB176ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB176E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB176E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB176)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB176)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB176S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB176S1)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-12-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101449D `introduction`
- **2019-12-26** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB176)
- **2020-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-21** Reported from General Laws with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-24** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB176E
- **2020-01-24** Printed as engrossed 20101449D-E
- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-27** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB176E)
- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-12** Committee substitute printed 20108178D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB176S1)
- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 20108178D-S1
- **2020-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB176S1
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108178D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-19** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB176ER)
- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 121 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dc81fd0-a8df-43a0-a730-0bada1f1792f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).