Stormwater management facilities; private residential lots, required disclosure.
Summary
Stormwater management facilities; private residential lots; disclosure. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations requiring the owner of residential property on which is located a privately owned stormwater management facility serving one or more residential properties to record the long-term maintenance and inspection requirements for such stormwater management facility with the deed for the owner's property. The bill requires an owner of residential real property who has actual knowledge of a privately owned stormwater management facility located on the property to disclose to a purchaser of the property the long-term maintenance and inspection requirements of the facility.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Mar 12, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 21, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2020
How they voted
29–6
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 40
Feb 21, 2020
D
Democratic21
90% Yea
R
Republican19
52% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
3
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Mar 12, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 313 (effective 7/1/20)
Feb 21, 2020
Senate · Passed
Passed Senate (29-Y 6-N)
Feb 18, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 2-N 1-A)
Feb 11, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Feb 10, 2020
House of Delegates · Passed
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N)
Feb 7, 2020
House of Delegates · Amendment offered
Engrossed by House as amended HB859E
Feb 7, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Committee amendment agreed to
Feb 4, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from General Laws with amendment (19-Y 3-N)
Jan 30, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
Jan 15, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
Jan 7, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
Jan 7, 2020
House of Delegates · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104540D
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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