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type: "Bill"
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title: "Va. Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware, marine clays."
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description: "Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act;required disclosures for buyer to beware; marine clays. Providesthat the owner of residential property makes no representations withrespect to whether the property is located on or near deposits ofmarine clays (marumsco soils). The bill also advises purchasers toexercise whatever due diligence is deemed necessary in accordancewith terms and conditions as may be contained in the real estatepurchase contract, including consulting public resources regardinglocal soil conditions and having the soil and structural conditionsof the property analyzed by a qualified professional."
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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 174"
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citation: "Virginia HB 174 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-12-26"
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last_action: "2020-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8c8d018-2811-4968-89a7-f903526012e7"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB174"
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source_hash: "87a81321d2b65b52b831352d64c3ac0474d4aeed9d369c7bd9dc9062f70a347f"
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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 174 (2020) — Va. Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware, marine clays.
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Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act;required disclosures for buyer to beware; marine clays. Providesthat the owner of residential property makes no representations withrespect to whether the property is located on or near deposits ofmarine clays (marumsco soils). The bill also advises purchasers toexercise whatever due diligence is deemed necessary in accordancewith terms and conditions as may be contained in the real estatepurchase contract, including consulting public resources regardinglocal soil conditions and having the soil and structural conditionsof the property analyzed by a qualified professional.
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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 (CHAP0023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0023)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB174ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB174ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB174)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB174)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — **36–4** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100881D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-26** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB174)
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- **2020-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-27** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-17** Passed by temporarily
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- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB174ER)
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- **2020-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
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- **2020-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
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- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 23 (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/f8c8d018-2811-4968-89a7-f903526012e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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