On November 15, the D.C. Council’s Committee of the Whole marked-up and the Council had its first vote on the Soil Disclosures Modernization Amendment Act of 2022, which has changed significantly since it was first introduced.
The bill began earlier this year with an update to the antiquated soil survey maps REALTORS® have been required to use for decades. Due to the tireless advocacy work of DCAR and its Public Policy Committee, Chairman Phil Mendelson and his staff found that the District was the only jurisdiction in the nation with a soil disclosure requirement and an uninformative piece in the real estate contract disclosures law. As a result of these findings, the Committee of the Whole moved forward this week with completely repealing the soil disclosures provision.
The last and final reading will be in December before going through the legislative process of Congressional review and finally becoming law. Congratulations, DCAR. This is a major win!
