My name is Daniel Stone. I was Thumbtack.com's highest ranked home inspector in 2017. My clients both respect and revere my work ethic and opinion on inspection matters. However, none would question a disclaimer of liability on my report or agreement because they know I'm honest and wouldn't hide anything from them. I gain instant rapport at the inspection with them and their realtor, and I always explain what my role is. My role is to examine, check, and probe wherever I can to determine the condition of the home they are buying. Checking includes "turning on" a light, the stove, a gas hot water heater, for example. Are you actually considering disallowing me to do that job because I can't explain in advance that I'm not liable if it breaks? Who would determine that it wasn't already broken before I hit the switch? Should we invent a new profession that DPOR can also regulate for monitoring equipment before inspectors come to inspect? NO! Emphatically; NO! Enough is enough on beating down professions by over-regulating them with excessive legislation. The staggering cost to taxpayers to pass the bill would far outweigh the benefit of home inspections to clients, not to mention regulating, investigating claims, and prosecution of claims that only lawyers and insurance companies would profit from. Or is that whom you really are working for, Virginia lawmakers? Answer me this please? Who gains from frivolous legislation? Daniel Stone Danrocks Home Inspections, Fincastle VA