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type: "Bill"
title: "Dams; disclosure statements."
description: "Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; impounding structures or dams. Directs the Real Estate Board to include in the residential property disclosure statement provided on its website a disclosure relating to the condition or regulatory status of any impounding structure or dam on the owner's property or under the ownership of a common interest community that the owner of the property is required to join. This bill is identical to SB 343."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1569"
citation: "Virginia HB 1569 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86b590d1-84f7-465f-9865-da87f91a636c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1569"
source_hash: "a197a1cd751bcd59046d8fd92cc809614596f27a178930d75b685a7646220d67"
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 HB 1569 (2020) — Dams; disclosure statements.
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; impounding structures or dams. Directs the Real Estate Board to include in the residential property disclosure statement provided on its website a disclosure relating to the condition or regulatory status of any impounding structure or dam on the owner's property or under the ownership of a common interest community that the owner of the property is required to join. This bill is identical to SB 343.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0655)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0655)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1569ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1569ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1569)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1569)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **320** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 20104536D `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1569)
- **2020-01-22** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1569ER)
- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 655 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86b590d1-84f7-465f-9865-da87f91a636c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).