Asbestos Exposure in Housing Reduction Act of 2022
Summary
Asbestos Exposure in Housing Reduction Act of 2022 This bill requires the seller or lessor of a dwelling to disclose to the purchaser or lessee any known asbestos-based hazards in the dwelling and provide any available asbestos hazard evaluation report. The bill also requires the seller or lessor to allow the purchaser or lessee a 10-day period to conduct a risk assessment or inspection for asbestos hazards. Further, the bill requires that every contract for the sale or lease of a dwelling contain an asbestos warning statement and that every purchaser of a dwelling acknowledge that the purchaser has read and understands the warning statement and had the 10-day period to conduct a risk assessment or inspection.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 18, 2022
Last action Mar 21, 2022
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Committee
2
Mar 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
lower
Mar 18, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Mar 18, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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