Legislation - HB0200

Title: Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure
Sponsored by: Delegates Lehman, Behler, Guyton, Patterson, Pasteur, Pena-Melnyk, Ruth, Stinnett, and Terrasa
Status: In the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Analysis

Synopsis

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 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.

Committees

Original:: Economic Matters

Details

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 10/03/2025 Legislative Date 10/03/2025 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/14/2026 Legislative Date 1/14/2026 Action First Reading Economic Matters Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	10/03/2025	10/03/2025	Pre-filed
House	1/14/2026	1/14/2026	First Reading Economic Matters
			Text - First - Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure

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