---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dams; disclosure statements."
description: "Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; impounding structures or dams. Directs the Real Estate Board to include in the residential property disclosure statement provided on its website a disclosure relating to the condition or regulatory status of any impounding structure or dam on the owner's property or under the ownership of a common interest community that the owner of the property is required to join. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to HB 1569."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 343"
citation: "Virginia SB 343 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5efb5206-8539-47f3-acb4-fd0dcb16fa32"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB343"
source_hash: "1cba78b8a30639e49b71d2aa49e0f7dd2cb5fec6c2dc444646e5605d3b22bb44"
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 SB 343 (2020) — Dams; disclosure statements.

Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; impounding structures or dams. Directs the Real Estate Board to include in the residential property disclosure statement provided on its website a disclosure relating to the condition or regulatory status of any impounding structure or dam on the owner's property or under the ownership of a common interest community that the owner of the property is required to join. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to HB 1569.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0656)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB343ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB343ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB343)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB343)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB343H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB343H1)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103379D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB343)
- **2020-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Committee substitute printed 20108616D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB343H1)
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 20108616D-H1
- **2020-02-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB343H1
- **2020-02-21** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-25** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-25** Title replaced 20108616D-H1
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB343ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 656 (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/5efb5206-8539-47f3-acb4-fd0dcb16fa32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).