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| Bill | Dams; disclosure statements. | Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; impounding structures or dams. Directs the Real Estate Board to include in the residential property disclosure statement provided on its website a disclosure relating to the condition or regulatory status of any impounding structure or dam on the owner's property or under the ownership of a common interest community that the owner of the property is required to join. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to HB 1569. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 343 | Virginia SB 343 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 343 (2020) — Dams; disclosure statements.
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; impounding structures or dams. Directs the Real Estate Board to include in the residential property disclosure statement provided on its website a disclosure relating to the condition or regulatory status of any impounding structure or dam on the owner's property or under the ownership of a common interest community that the owner of the property is required to join. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to HB 1569.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB343ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB343) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB343H1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103379D
introduction - 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB343)
- 2020-01-15 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-20 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-18 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-18 Committee substitute printed 20108616D-H1
substitution - 2020-02-20 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB343H1)
- 2020-02-21 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 20108616D-H1
- 2020-02-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB343H1
- 2020-02-21 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-25 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-25 Title replaced 20108616D-H1
- 2020-03-02 Enrolled
- 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB343ER)
- 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 656 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5efb5206-8539-47f3-acb4-fd0dcb16fa32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).