HB2380--HOMEINSPECTIONS
SPONSOR: Brown(16)
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheSpecialCommitteeon
SmallBusinessbyavoteof8to0.
Thisbillpreventsapoliticalsubdivisionfromrequiringtheowner
ofresidentialpropertytohaveahomeinspectionconductedin
ordertoselltheproperty. Thebilldoesnotapplytoany
inspectionrequirementfornewconstructionoroccupancypermits.
ThisbillisthesameasHB962(2023).
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatnoteveryhomerequiresan
inspectionbeforebeingsold,likethosesoldtobetorndownor
completelyrehabbed. Manybuyerswillhireaninspectoranduse
theinspectiontoopenthecontracttonegotiateifissuesare
found,andsomesellerswillhaveinspectionsdonetobe
transparentaboutthehouse'scondition. Intheseinstances,an
additionalinspectionshouldn'tberequired.
TestifyinginpersonforthebillwereRepresentative Brown;and
theMissouriAssociationofRealtors.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonyandwitnessestestifyingonlinecanbefound
underTestimonyonthebillpageontheHousewebsite.