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type: "Bill"
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title: "Duty of settlement agent; restrictive covenants."
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description: "Duty of settlement agent; restrictive covenants. Requires a settlement agent to notify the purchaser of any residential real property of the purchaser's right to remove a prohibited restrictive covenant that is contained in an instrument affecting the title of the property and disclosed as the result of the title search performed pursuant to the real estate transaction."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 39"
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citation: "Virginia HB 39 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-12-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/174d7e62-9634-4b65-93dc-a51ea05996b5"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB39"
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source_hash: "0ad5cd8d27a71514f8bd53ca40b227200fa4a70337bd931b34e513d4beb41409"
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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 39 (2026) — Duty of settlement agent; restrictive covenants.
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Duty of settlement agent; restrictive covenants. Requires a settlement agent to notify the purchaser of any residential real property of the purchaser's right to remove a prohibited restrictive covenant that is contained in an instrument affecting the title of the property and disclosed as the result of the title search performed pursuant to the real estate transaction.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082067.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217666.PDF)
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3. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196385.HTML)
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4. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1201663.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210583.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
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- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100583D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-23** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB39)
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- **2026-01-27** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-25** Assigned GL&T sub: Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB39ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB39)
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 359 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0359)
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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/174d7e62-9634-4b65-93dc-a51ea05996b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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