republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2019.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential real property; required disclosures of stormwater management facilities."
description: "Provides that the owner of residential real property under the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act must include in the residential property disclosure statement provided to a potential purchaser of residential property a statement that the owner makes no representations with respect to the existence or recordation of any maintenance agreement for any stormwater detention facilities on the property, and that advises the potential purchaser to take whatever due diligence steps they deem necessary to determine the presence of any such facilities or agreements, such as contacting his settlement provider, consulting the locality in which the property is located, or reviewing any survey of the property that may have been conducted. The bill also requires the Common Interest Community Board to include notice that regular annual or special assessments paid by the owner to the association may be used for the construction or maintenance of stormwater management facilities in the form that accompanies association disclosure packets that are required to be provided to all prospective purchasers of lots located within a development that is subject to the Virginia Property Owners' Association Act and resale certificates provided to purchasers of units located in a condominium that is subject to the Condominium Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2019"
citation: "Virginia HB 2019 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation", "Property and Conveyances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Murphy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5def80c-f63d-4608-b626-c9022e35a7f3"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2019"
source_hash: "da83a13e3c406c7134ad3ee34b380ccdbef47c8d55e313a2e886ef20c8a421e9"
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 2019 (2019) — Residential real property; required disclosures of stormwater management facilities.

Provides that the owner of residential real property under the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act must include in the residential property disclosure statement provided to a potential purchaser of residential property a statement that the owner makes no representations with respect to the existence or recordation of any maintenance agreement for any stormwater detention facilities on the property, and that advises the potential purchaser to take whatever due diligence steps they deem necessary to determine the presence of any such facilities or agreements, such as contacting his settlement provider, consulting the locality in which the property is located, or reviewing any survey of the property that may have been conducted. The bill also requires the Common Interest Community Board to include notice that regular annual or special assessments paid by the owner to the association may be used for the construction or maintenance of stormwater management facilities in the form that accompanies association disclosure packets that are required to be provided to all prospective purchasers of lots located within a development that is subject to the Virginia Property Owners' Association Act and resale certificates provided to purchasers of units located in a condominium that is subject to the Condominium Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0390)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0390)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2019)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2019ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2019ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105719D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2019H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101112D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2019)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)
- Cheryl B. Turpin — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101112D `introduction`
- **2019-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 19105719D-H1
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2019H1
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 390 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5def80c-f63d-4608-b626-c9022e35a7f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).