republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-876.md

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Bill	Resale Disclosure Act; delivery of resale certificate, remedies.	Resale Disclosure Act; delivery of resale certificate; remedies. Provides that failure to deliver a resale certificate within 14 days, as required by the Resale Disclosure Act, deems the resale certificate unavailable. The bill grants a purchaser three days from the date of ratification of the contract or the date of receipt of the resale certificate or notice that such certificate is unavailable, as applicable, to cancel the contract. Additionally, the bill (i) excludes from the resale certificate requirements of the Act an initial disposition of a lot to a person who is not acquiring the lot for his own residence and (ii) allows a resale certificate to be delivered to a purchaser's agent. Current law excludes the resale certificate requirements of the Act for any initial disposition, regardless of its intended use, and only allows a resale certificate to be delivered to a purchaser. Finally, the bill mandates the seller to be responsible for all fees associated with the preparation and delivery of the financial update but allows the settlement agent or other requesting party to pay such fees up front, regardless of whether such settlement agent or other requesting party requests to be reimbursed for such fees from the seller.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 876	Virginia HB 876 (2024)	bill		enacted	David L. Bulova	4	30	6	2024-01-09	2024-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/69fb0f64-a8a0-496b-8311-982791e13e85	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB876	c625f8e6523526825d5519df434d846b1f24b59493d0359edea2d0f85a5ed953	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 876 (2024) — Resale Disclosure Act; delivery of resale certificate, remedies.

Resale Disclosure Act; delivery of resale certificate; remedies. Provides that failure to deliver a resale certificate within 14 days, as required by the Resale Disclosure Act, deems the resale certificate unavailable. The bill grants a purchaser three days from the date of ratification of the contract or the date of receipt of the resale certificate or notice that such certificate is unavailable, as applicable, to cancel the contract. Additionally, the bill (i) excludes from the resale certificate requirements of the Act an initial disposition of a lot to a person who is not acquiring the lot for his own residence and (ii) allows a resale certificate to be delivered to a purchaser's agent. Current law excludes the resale certificate requirements of the Act for any initial disposition, regardless of its intended use, and only allows a resale certificate to be delivered to a purchaser. Finally, the bill mandates the seller to be responsible for all fees associated with the preparation and delivery of the financial update but allows the settlement agent or other requesting party to pay such fees up front, regardless of whether such settlement agent or other requesting party requests to be reimbursed for such fees from the seller.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0054 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106278D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB876ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104484D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David L. Bulova — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104484D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB876)
• 2024-01-25 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-01-30 Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-30 Committee substitute printed 24106278D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 24106278D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB876H1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB876H1)
• 2024-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-05 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-22 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-22 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB876ER) passage
• 2024-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB876ER)
• 2024-02-22 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 54 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69fb0f64-a8a0-496b-8311-982791e13e85. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).