republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-838.md

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Bill	Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; Real Estate Board's disclosure statement.	Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; Real Estate Board; disclosure statement. Requires the residential property disclosure statement form developed by the Real Estate Board and maintained on its website to include a statement signed by the parties acknowledging that the purchaser has been provided a copy of the residential property disclosure statement. Currently, such form only requires an acknowledgment that the purchaser has been advised to review the residential property disclosure statement. The bill also provides that the owner shall provide any disclosures required by the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act separate from other disclosures.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 838	Virginia HB 838 (2020)	bill		enacted	Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler	4	31	7	2020-01-07	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/2a37f653-d7b2-4ca6-80f3-5a921d73a0b7	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB838	91834c7df8a9a04272ef400f808c7ed7e85566bf2e24561e9aa14bd1faba151b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 838 (2020) — Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; Real Estate Board's disclosure statement.

Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; Real Estate Board; disclosure statement. Requires the residential property disclosure statement form developed by the Real Estate Board and maintained on its website to include a statement signed by the parties acknowledging that the purchaser has been provided a copy of the residential property disclosure statement. Currently, such form only requires an acknowledgment that the purchaser has been advised to review the residential property disclosure statement. The bill also provides that the owner shall provide any disclosures required by the Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act separate from other disclosures.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0749) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB838ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB838) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB838S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (61-Y 38-N) — 60–38 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N) — 4–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 39-N) — 56–39 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 7-N) — 33–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101474D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB838)
• 2020-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from General Laws (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 38-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (61-Y 38-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108654D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB838S1)
• 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108654D-S1
• 2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB838S1
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 7-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-26 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108654D-S1 (57-Y 39-N)
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 39-N)
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB838ER)
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-03 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
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 749 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a37f653-d7b2-4ca6-80f3-5a921d73a0b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).