# Virginia HB1706: Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware. Virginia HB1706, Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by David L. Bulova (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-03-18 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1706-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1706 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware. - Status: to governor - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-04 - Last action: 2025-03-18, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015) - Sponsor: David L. Bulova (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (216 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; aircraft noise. Requires that the owner of a residential real property include in the residential property disclosure statement provided to a potential purchaser of such residential real property a statement that the owner makes no representations or warranties with respect to the property's proximity to a public use airport nor any noise from aircraft due to the proximity of the property to flight operations, and purchasers are advised to exercise whatever due diligence they deem necessary to determine whether the property is within proximity to a flight path or public use airport aircraft noise zone. The bill also requires the Department of Aviation to establish and provide to the Real Estate Board by July 31, 2025, a website address that allows purchasers to access public use airport aircraft noise zone maps, and requires the Real Estate Board to include such website address on the form for signature by the parties stating that the purchaser has been advised of the disclosures listed in the residential property disclosure statement. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1210. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David L. Bulova (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-10 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-07 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 38 | 0 | | | 2025-02-05 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology | pass | 13 | 0 | | | 2025-01-27 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 | | | 2025-01-21 | House | Reported from General Laws with substitute | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2025-01-16 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (29) - 2025-03-18: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015) (Governor) - 2025-03-18: Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (Effective 07/01/25) (Governor) - 2025-02-18: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-02-18: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-15: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1706) (House) - 2025-02-12: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1706ER) (House) - 2025-02-12: Enrolled (House) - 2025-02-12: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-10: Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Read third time (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1706) (House) - 2025-01-28: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-24: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2025-01-24: General Laws Substitute agreed to (House) - 2025-01-24: Read second time (House) - 2025-01-23: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-21: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-21: Committee substitute printed 25105102D-H1 (House) - 2025-01-16: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-13: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection (House) - 2025-01-04: Referred to Committee on General Laws (House) - 2025-01-04: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102167D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-03-18: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070891.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070890.PDF) - Enrolled, 2025-02-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046310.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046309.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-01-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021629.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021628.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-04: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012703.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012702.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed) - HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed) - HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed) - SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed) - HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070891.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070890.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046310.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046309.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021629.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021628.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012703.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012702.PDF) ## Related - [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025) - [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025) - [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025) - [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025) - [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025) - [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1706-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).