In 2018, Senator Scott Surovell brought before the Virginia Senate a bill to disallow home inspectors from limiting their liabilty. This bill was defeated in comittee by a margin of one vote.

Senator Surovell brought a similar measure to the Virginia Housing Commission in 2025. As of this writing, October 18, 2025, the VHC has held three hearings on this matter. VAREI was represented at two of them. Scroll down to view a recording of the VAREI administrator's rehearsal for the September 8 meeting. 

It is VAREI's understandig that the VHC intends to vote this measure up or down at a meeting scheduled in December. We have been invited to deliver additional information that might affect commission members' thinking on this vital topic. 

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