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HB200Introduced in the House of Delegates

Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure

Passed

Introduced by Mary Lehman, District 21

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop, publish, and maintain a real property flood risk disclosure statement form that includes certain information about a property's flood risk and history; and requiring, beginning July, 1, 2027, a vendor of certain residential real property to provide the purchaser with a completed real property flood risk disclosure statement form before entering into a contract for the sale of the property.

Where it stands

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 776

May 26, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

SenateStage: Third Reading Passed · April 13, 2026

40

Yes

1

No

6

Absent or Not Voting

47 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

Bill history

  1. Pre-filed

  2. First Reading Economic Matters

  3. Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.

  4. Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters

  5. Favorable with Amendments {353227/1 Adopted

  6. Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  7. Third Reading Passed (94-35)

  8. Referred Judicial Proceedings Education, Energy, and the Environment

  9. Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)

  10. Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

  11. Favorable Adopted

  12. Second Reading Passed

  13. Third Reading Passed (40-1)

  14. Returned Passed

  15. Approved by the Governor - Chapter 776

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