---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware, mold."
description: "Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosures for a buyer to beware; mold. Adds to the provision of the required disclosure statement directing a buyer to beware and exercise necessary due diligence with respect to determining the condition of real property or any improvements thereon a provision advising the buyer to obtain a mold assessment conducted by a business that follows the guidelines provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1824"
citation: "Virginia HB 1824 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Q. Askew"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/401ad8ca-0db2-4466-b3fb-1092fb8a779c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1824"
source_hash: "367b15f6c404e8d8e95d8685fb6c17e4020034e819321b8fc37ba7d349ef7309"
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 1824 (2021) — Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware, mold.

Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosures for a buyer to beware; mold. Adds to the provision of the required disclosure statement directing a buyer to beware and exercise necessary due diligence with respect to determining the condition of real property or any improvements thereon a provision advising the buyer to obtain a mold assessment conducted by a business that follows the guidelines provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0010** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0010)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103020D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1824H1)
3. **HB1824ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1824ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101680D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1824)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101680D `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1824)
- **2021-01-14** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- **2021-01-14** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-19** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Committee substitute printed 21103020D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1824H1)
- **2021-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Committee substitute agreed to 21103020D-H1
- **2021-01-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1824H1
- **2021-01-22** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-25** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
- **2021-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1824ER)
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
- **2021-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 10 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/401ad8ca-0db2-4466-b3fb-1092fb8a779c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).