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| Bill | Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures, lead pipe. | 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." | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1342 | Virginia HB 1342 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1342 (2020) — Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures, lead pipe.
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."
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0200) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1342ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1342) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1342H1) (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled bill text (HB1342ER2) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agree To (94-Y 1-N) — 93–1 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 0-N 1-A) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N 1-A) — 37–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102020D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB1342)
- 2020-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-21 Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-21 Committee substitute printed 20105997D-H1
substitution - 2020-01-23 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB1342H1)
- 2020-01-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20105997D-H1
- 2020-01-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1342H1
- 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-27 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-01-28 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N 1-A)
passage - 2020-02-20 Enrolled
- 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1342ER)
- 2020-02-21 Signed by President
- 2020-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- 2020-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- 2020-03-02 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 2020-03-04 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-03-04 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 1-N)
- 2020-03-04 VOTE: Agree To (94-Y 1-N)
- 2020-03-08 Passed by temporarily
- 2020-03-08 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2020-03-08 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2020-03-08 Reenrolled
- 2020-03-08 Reenrolled bill text (HB1342ER2)
- 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2020-03-08 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2020-03-08 Enacted, Chapter 200 (effective 7/1/20)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0dccef2-9423-4e78-bae4-c72d93b086bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).