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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real property; required disclosures for buyer to exercise due diligence, flood risk report."
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description: "Property; required disclosures for buyer toexercise due diligence; flood risk report. Requires the Departmentof Conservation and Recreation (the Department) to (i) develop, maintain,and update on its public website a statewide database and an officialmap of any parcel of real property in the Commonwealth and (ii) makeavailable on its website a copy of a flood risk report for each parcelof real property in the Commonwealth, the details of which are outlinedin the bill. The bill adds obtaining a flood risk report from theDepartment to the list of things a purchaser is advised to exercise due diligence on when purchasing a property. The bill also providesthat an owner of residential real property located in the Commonwealthwho has actual knowledge that the dwelling unit is a repetitive riskloss structure, as defined in the bill, shall disclose such factto the purchaser on a form provided by the Real Estate Board on itswebsite. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a generalappropriation act."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1389"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1389 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr."]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2021-01-13"
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last_action: "2021-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/687512f4-f3ad-4a90-bc9b-11bdb680c813"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1389"
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source_hash: "f54d6e1274e5745d3b6e71a924796f10d0d36c57b423071bd5950be1104efa44"
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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 SB 1389 (2021) — Real property; required disclosures for buyer to exercise due diligence, flood risk report.
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Property; required disclosures for buyer toexercise due diligence; flood risk report. Requires the Departmentof Conservation and Recreation (the Department) to (i) develop, maintain,and update on its public website a statewide database and an officialmap of any parcel of real property in the Commonwealth and (ii) makeavailable on its website a copy of a flood risk report for each parcelof real property in the Commonwealth, the details of which are outlinedin the bill. The bill adds obtaining a flood risk report from theDepartment to the list of things a purchaser is advised to exercise due diligence on when purchasing a property. The bill also providesthat an owner of residential real property located in the Commonwealthwho has actual knowledge that the dwelling unit is a repetitive riskloss structure, as defined in the bill, shall disclose such factto the purchaser on a form provided by the Real Estate Board on itswebsite. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a generalappropriation act.
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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. **CHAP0323** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0323)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21103860D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1389S1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102797D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1389)
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4. **SB1389ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1389ER)
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5. **SB1389ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1389ES1)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N) — **93–5** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102797D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1389)
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- **2021-01-27** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-27** Committee substitute printed 21103860D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2021-01-27** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-27** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB1389S1)
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- **2021-02-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2021-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 21103860D-S1
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- **2021-02-04** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2021-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2021-02-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1389ES1
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- **2021-02-04** Printed as engrossed 21103860D-ES1
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- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-07** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws
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- **2021-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB1389ES1)
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- **2021-02-11** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-16** Passed House (94-Y 5-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-16** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N)
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- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1389ER)
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- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
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- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 323 (effective 1/1/22) `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/687512f4-f3ad-4a90-bc9b-11bdb680c813`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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