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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer beware."
description: "Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; proximity to military ground installation. Adds a property's proximity to any military ground installation to the residential property disclosure statement provided by the Real Estate Board on its website for the buyer to beware as to whether a property may be impacted by related noise or other effects of military operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 577"
citation: "Virginia SB 577 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29432038-837d-4047-8d99-a1b1674452e3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB577"
source_hash: "fba56a354227bd039c742b042855d6de8c83b03261aa03f52ed7765d9077594f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 577 (2026) — Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer beware.
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; proximity to military ground installation. Adds a property's proximity to any military ground installation to the residential property disclosure statement provided by the Real Estate Board on its website for the buyer to beware as to whether a property may be impacted by related noise or other effects of military operations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090901.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218237.PDF)
3. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101330.PDF)
4. **Housing Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1093385.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188688.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws — **200** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **100** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100831D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Assigned GL&T sub: Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-30** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26105892D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB577)
- **2026-02-24** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB577ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB577)
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 510 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0510)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29432038-837d-4047-8d99-a1b1674452e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).