I have been a professional home inspector since 1995; have been a member of ASHI (#200890) for over 20 years ; became certified by the State of Virginia at the inception of the voluntary program; and became licensed by the State of Virginia (#3380000058) , including New Residential Structure approval, when the Law went into effect in July of 2017.  I have adhered to the Standards of Practice and the Code of Ethics set forth by both ASHI and the State of Virginia.  I maintain all required insurance.  I endeavor to meet and exceed what is required of me in each inspection.   The house and conditions dictate the time required for the inspection and report writing, which typically totals  8 hours per inspection.  I have recieved many high compliments for my professionalism and depth of detail.  All of this to say, I am well aware of how much is NOT available for me to inspect in any given structure, for a host of reasons of inaccessibility.  The list of what I am not able to inspect is extensive, no matter how diligent my work may be.  SB 627, if it were to become law leaves me nakedly open to the wildest imaginations by buyers and attorneys to seek what they may wish from me for whatever reason they wish.  SB 627 is dangerously vague from a home inspector view.   We have in the State of Virginia strong oversight by DPOR, as defined in our licensing.  We have a full range of options for legal recourse in our court system, available for any injured party.    SB 627 would be a superfluous add-on to an already adequate set of systems now protecting the home buying public.  The Commonwealth of Virginia has a long history of protecting our freedom.  Buyers are free to be as aware as they wish in shopping for and choosing their home inspector.  I have more than 6,000 past customers who would say that the home buying public and the  home inspection industry would suffer a significant loss if I were to close my business.  That option would be the likely outcome if SB 627 were to become law.  I will not expose myself to unlimited liability, as SB 627 proposes.  I, Jim Gannon of Gannon Home Inspections, am adamantly opposed to SB 627.