2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB785: Real Estate Board; transfer of license, fee.

Legislative Summary

Real Estate Board; transfer of license; fee. Prohibits the Real Estate Board from charging a fee to a real estate licensee for the transfer of such licensee between offices within a licensed real estate firm, including from such firm's primary place of business to one of its branch offices or from a branch office to another branch office under the same primary place of business. This bill is identical to HB 1653.

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Bill History

12/27/2024
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103601D
Senate
12/27/2024
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Senate
1/15/2025
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/15/2025
Committee substitute printed 25104967D-S1
Senate
1/22/2025
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/23/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB785)
Senate
1/23/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/23/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/23/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
1/24/2025
Read second time
Senate
1/24/2025
Reading of substitute waived
Senate
1/24/2025
General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
Senate
1/24/2025
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Senate
1/27/2025
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/4/2025
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/6/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/7/2025
Read third time
House of Delegates
2/7/2025
Passed House (94-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/10/2025
Enrolled
Senate
2/10/2025
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB785ER)
Senate
2/10/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB785)
Senate
2/10/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
2/13/2025
Signed by President
Senate
2/18/2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
Senate
2/18/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/19/2025
Approved by Governor-Chapter 129 (Effective 07/01/25)
3/19/2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0129)

Roll Call Votes

Passed House (94-Y 0-N)
2/7/2025
94
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
6
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
2/4/2025
21
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
1/27/2025
38
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
1/23/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
1/22/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
1/15/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(3/19/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text3/19/20257.4 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text2/10/20257.8 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/16/20258.3 KB
Introduced
Bill Text12/27/20249.1 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/10/2025135.8 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/23/2025134.5 KB