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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 and is identical to HB 518."
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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: "SB 628"
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citation: "Virginia SB 628 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
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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: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-03-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a6d1cc6-d899-4365-a61a-6227133acd6e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB628"
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source_hash: "4743a97e16ada4fce1ebe8c191212d170c12e101530d2736365eb8aa403c99c0"
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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 SB 628 (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 and is identical to HB 518.
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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 (CHAP0186)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0186)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB628ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB628ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB628)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB628)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB628H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB628H1)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) — **26–14** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 3-N) — **11–3** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (77-Y 23-N) — **76–23** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100290D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB628)
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- **2020-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-13** Committee substitute printed 20108250D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB628H1)
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- **2020-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 20108250D-H1
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- **2020-02-18** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB628H1
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- **2020-02-18** Passed House with substitute (77-Y 23-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-18** VOTE: Passage (77-Y 23-N)
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- **2020-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Title replaced 20108250D-H1
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB628ER)
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- **2020-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
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- **2020-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
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- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (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/9a6d1cc6-d899-4365-a61a-6227133acd6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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