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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; residential building energy analysis."
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description: "Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosures for a buyer to beware; residential building energy analyst. Adds obtaining a residential building energy analysis to the disclosure statement furnished to the buyer by the owner of residential real property that the buyer beware and exercise necessary due diligence with respect to determining the condition of real property or any improvements thereon. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. The bill incorporates HB 574 and is identical to SB 628."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 518"
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citation: "Virginia HB 518 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-04"
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last_action: "2020-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66c0f379-45b6-4f2a-afb7-38882d4747ef"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB518"
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source_hash: "d7489d74f64010ffd9588556449239760f1d06b2b1e4ad0f523f663adb5e86a2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 518 (2020) — Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; residential building energy analysis.
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Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosures for a buyer to beware; residential building energy analyst. Adds obtaining a residential building energy analysis to the disclosure statement furnished to the buyer by the owner of residential real property that the buyer beware and exercise necessary due diligence with respect to determining the condition of real property or any improvements thereon. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. The bill incorporates HB 574 and is identical to SB 628.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0026)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB518ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB518ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB518)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB518)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB518H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB518H1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 3-N) — **10–3** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) — **25–15** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N) — **85–13** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103392D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB518)
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- **2020-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-21** Committee substitute printed 20105993D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-21** Incorporates HB574 (Keam)
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- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB518H1)
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- **2020-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 20105993D-H1
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- **2020-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB518H1
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- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House (86-Y 13-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-27** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB518ER)
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- **2020-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
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- **2020-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
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- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 26 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66c0f379-45b6-4f2a-afb7-38882d4747ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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