Legislation - HB0402

Title: Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions
Sponsored by: Delegates Holmes, Acevero, Boyce, Kaufman, McCaskill, Moreno, Pasteur, Phillips, Ross, Simmons, Stewart, Stinnett, Toles, White Holland, Williams, and Wims
Status: In the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Analysis

Synopsis

Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring common ownership communities to file certain governing documents with the Department of Housing and Community Development, which the Department must use to create a publicly accessable database; and establishing requirements for a local common ownership commission established by the local government of a county.

Committees

Original:: Economic Matters

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0306 Session: 2025 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2026

Bill imposes a local government mandate, which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/22/2026 Legislative Date 1/22/2026 Action First Reading Economic Matters Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/22/2026	1/22/2026	First Reading Economic Matters
			Text - First - Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions

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