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type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate contract disclosures, certain; establishment by localities prohibited."
description: "Establishment by localities of certain real estate contract disclosures prohibited. Prohibits localities from establishing or enforcing a mandatory disclosure requirement for a real estate licensee, any party to a contract for the sale or listing of residential real property, or any authorized agent of such party. The bill provides that prohibited mandatory disclosures include mandatory notifications in contracts, contract amendments or addenda, advertising, other promotional materials, and subsequent deeds after the initial deed is recorded, related to the sale of residential real estate. This bill is identical to HB 467."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "Virginia SB 354 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1327107-1b7b-4923-940e-f13a3842eb53"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB354"
source_hash: "04a88d6e8a89e8aa46eecbee97baf99111df48192b763ae44116dea69f5e2552"
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 354 (2024) — Real estate contract disclosures, certain; establishment by localities prohibited.
Establishment by localities of certain real estate contract disclosures prohibited. Prohibits localities from establishing or enforcing a mandatory disclosure requirement for a real estate licensee, any party to a contract for the sale or listing of residential real property, or any authorized agent of such party. The bill provides that prohibited mandatory disclosures include mandatory notifications in contracts, contract amendments or addenda, advertising, other promotional materials, and subsequent deeds after the initial deed is recorded, related to the sale of residential real estate. This bill is identical to HB 467.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0769** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0769)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104481D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB354)
3. **SB354ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB354ER)
## Votes
- Referred from Counties, Cities and Towns — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (79-Y 15-N 1-A) — **7815** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104481D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Referred from Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed House (79-Y 15-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** VOTE: Passage (79-Y 15-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB354ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 769 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0769)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1327107-1b7b-4923-940e-f13a3842eb53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).