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Bill Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware. Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; aircraft noise. Requires that the owner of a 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 representations or warranties with respect to the property's proximity to a public use airport nor any noise from aircraft due to the proximity of the property to flight operations, and purchasers are advised to exercise whatever due diligence they deem necessary to determine whether the property is within proximity to a flight path or public use airport aircraft noise zone. The bill also requires the Department of Aviation to establish and provide to the Real Estate Board by July 31, 2025, a website address that allows purchasers to access public use airport aircraft noise zone maps, and requires the Real Estate Board to include such website address on the form for signature by the parties stating that the purchaser has been advised of the disclosures listed in the residential property disclosure statement. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1210. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1706 Virginia HB 1706 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1706 (2025) — Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware.

Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; aircraft noise. Requires that the owner of a 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 representations or warranties with respect to the property's proximity to a public use airport nor any noise from aircraft due to the proximity of the property to flight operations, and purchasers are advised to exercise whatever due diligence they deem necessary to determine whether the property is within proximity to a flight path or public use airport aircraft noise zone. The bill also requires the Department of Aviation to establish and provide to the Real Estate Board by July 31, 2025, a website address that allows purchasers to access public use airport aircraft noise zone maps, and requires the Real Estate Board to include such website address on the form for signature by the parties stating that the purchaser has been advised of the disclosures listed in the residential property disclosure statement. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1210.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. General Laws Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • David L. Bulova — primary (person)
  • Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102167D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2025-01-13 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
  • 2025-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-21 Committee substitute printed 25105102D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-01-21 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-23 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-24 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-24 General Laws Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-01-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-01-27 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1706)
  • 2025-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-01-28 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2025-02-05 Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-07 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-07 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-10 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-12 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-12 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1706ER) passage
  • 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1706)
  • 2025-02-12 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-15 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d3928e3-7d86-45e3-b802-071d96544fd4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).