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type: "Bill"
title: "Septic system inspectors; requirements to perform a septic system inspection."
description: "Septic system inspectors; requirements to performa septic system inspection. Authorizes any individual who holdsa valid alternative onsite sewage system operator, alternative onsitesewage system installer, or onsite soil evaluator license pursuantto Chapter 23 (Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators) of Title54.1 to perform a septic system inspection in connection with anyreal estate transaction, including refinancings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1266"
citation: "Virginia HB 1266 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68d57ee1-ec80-41ad-8913-e6bdbd64b7a7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1266"
source_hash: "17b49b678b97ede20a9fb551030bdc57a402099c5c193d9ad835168eab3109f7"
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 1266 (2020) — Septic system inspectors; requirements to perform a septic system inspection.
Septic system inspectors; requirements to performa septic system inspection. Authorizes any individual who holdsa valid alternative onsite sewage system operator, alternative onsitesewage system installer, or onsite soil evaluator license pursuantto Chapter 23 (Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators) of Title54.1 to perform a septic system inspection in connection with anyreal estate transaction, including refinancings.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0521)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0521)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1266ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1266ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1266E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1266E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1266)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1266)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Referred from Labor and Commerce — **00** (fail) · lower
- Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103035D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1266)
- **2020-02-04** Referred from Labor and Commerce
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House as amended HB1266E
- **2020-02-10** Printed as engrossed 20103035D-E
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB1266E)
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-17** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1266ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** 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
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 521 (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/68d57ee1-ec80-41ad-8913-e6bdbd64b7a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).