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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures, lead pipes."
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description: "Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Actand Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; required disclosures;lead pipe. Requires the owner of a residential dwelling who hasactual knowledge of the existence of lead pipe in such dwelling unitto provide to a prospective purchaser a written disclosure that theproperty has lead pipe. Such disclosure shall be provided to the purchaser on a form provided by the Real Estate Board on its website. The billalso requires any landlord of a dwelling unit who has actual knowledgeof the existence of lead pipe in such dwelling unit to disclose thatinformation to a prospective tenant. Any tenant who is not providedwith such disclosure may terminate the lease agreement at any time within 60 days of discovery of the existence of lead pipe by providingwritten notice to the landlord. The bill defines \"lead pipe\" as anypipe or pipe or plumbing fixture, solder, or flux that does not meetthe federal Safe Drinking Water Act definition of \"lead free.\""
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1161"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1161 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alfonso H. Lopez"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c4f3dce-eef5-427e-9f41-bd015bd34f33"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1161"
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source_hash: "8615e57f5d30a85cb8b5674aa81b7ec027409e2baece7f03bdac9b1a22a126b1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1161 (2020) — Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures, lead pipes.
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Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Actand Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; required disclosures;lead pipe. Requires the owner of a residential dwelling who hasactual knowledge of the existence of lead pipe in such dwelling unitto provide to a prospective purchaser a written disclosure that theproperty has lead pipe. Such disclosure shall be provided to the purchaser on a form provided by the Real Estate Board on its website. The billalso requires any landlord of a dwelling unit who has actual knowledgeof the existence of lead pipe in such dwelling unit to disclose thatinformation to a prospective tenant. Any tenant who is not providedwith such disclosure may terminate the lease agreement at any time within 60 days of discovery of the existence of lead pipe by providingwritten notice to the landlord. The bill defines "lead pipe" as anypipe or pipe or plumbing fixture, solder, or flux that does not meetthe federal Safe Drinking Water Act definition of "lead free."
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0520)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0520)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1161ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1161ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1161H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1161H1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1161)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1161)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101690D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1161)
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- **2020-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute printed 20107141D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-04** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 20107141D-H1
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- **2020-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1161H1
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- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1161H1)
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-02-24** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-26** Senate amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1161ER)
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 520 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c4f3dce-eef5-427e-9f41-bd015bd34f33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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