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 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

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.

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Original:: Economic Matters Click to view Recorded Media

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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 House Calendar Date 1/19/2026 Legislative Date 1/19/2026 Action Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Economic Matters Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/03/2026 Legislative Date 3/03/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/04/2026 Legislative Date 2/23/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments {353227/1 Adopted Proceedings 32 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/04/2026 Legislative Date 2/23/2026 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 32 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
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
House	1/19/2026	1/19/2026	Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Economic Matters	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/03/2026	3/03/2026	Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
House	3/04/2026	2/23/2026	Favorable with Amendments {353227/1 Adopted	32 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/04/2026	2/23/2026	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	32 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure

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