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Bill Va. Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures, maximum lot coverage. Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; buyer to exercise necessary due diligence; lot coverage. Requires that the owner of residential real property include in the residential property disclosure statement provided to a potential purchaser of such residential real property a statement that the owner makes no representation with respect to current lot lines or the ability to expand, improve, or add any structures on the property and that the potential purchaser is advised to exercise necessary due diligence, including obtaining a property survey and contacting the locality to determine zoning ordinances or lot coverage, height, or setback requirements on the property. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 702 Virginia HB 702 (2022)
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Virginia HB 702 (2022) — Va. Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures, maximum lot coverage.

Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; buyer to exercise necessary due diligence; lot coverage. Requires that the owner of residential real property include in the residential property disclosure statement provided to a potential purchaser of such residential real property a statement that the owner makes no representation with respect to current lot lines or the ability to expand, improve, or add any structures on the property and that the potential purchaser is advised to exercise necessary due diligence, including obtaining a property survey and contacting the locality to determine zoning ordinances or lot coverage, height, or setback requirements on the property.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0268 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22105931D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB702ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102215D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 211 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 1-N 2-A) — 121 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (68-Y 31-N) — 6830 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N 1-A) — 327 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Mark L. Keam — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102215D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2022-01-21 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2022-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB702)
  • 2022-02-03 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-08 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-08 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-08 Committee substitute printed 22105931D-H1 substitution
  • 2022-02-10 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-11 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 22105931D-H1
  • 2022-02-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB702H1
  • 2022-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB702H1)
  • 2022-02-14 Read third time and passed House (68-Y 31-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-14 VOTE: Passage (68-Y 31-N)
  • 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2022-02-23 Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 1-N 2-A) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-28 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-28 Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N 1-A) passage
  • 2022-03-03 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-03 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-04 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB702ER)
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 268 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac4e0c6c-d404-477f-b0c4-5a1212b3e40d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).