Virginia House Bill 567 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0334)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Real Estate Board; duties of real estate licensees; residential real estate transactions. Authorizes the Real Estate Board to take a disciplinary case against a licensee under advisement, defer a finding in such case, and dismiss such action upon terms and conditions set by the Board. Among other things, the bill (i) authorizes the Real Estate Board to grant exemptions or waive or reduce the number of continuing education hours required in cases of certified illness or undue hardship; (ii) requires the supervising broker of a branch office to provide the name and license number of each real estate licensee working in the branch; (iii) prohibits a real estate licensee in a residential real estate transaction from acting as a nonstandard agent; (iv) provides that standard agency only applies in residential real estate transactions; (v) clarifies that the agency provisions apply unless they are modified by the brokerage agreement; (vi) provides that the law relating to real estate licensees retained by sellers, buyers, tenants, or landlords to lease property or to manage property only applies to residential real estate transactions; (vii) provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring written brokerage agreements or governing the duties of licensees, nothing shall be construed to require that a written agreement between a licensee and a prospective buyer or tenant be executed prior to the licensee's showing properties to the prospective buyer or tenant; (viii) deletes the disclosure of brokerage obligation in commercial transactions; and (ix) provides that commercial agents may only act as agents or independent contractors. The bill also provides that nothing creates a civil cause of action against a real estate licensee for false information. The bill contains technical amendments.

Real Estate Board; duties of real estate licensees, exemption, etc., of continuing education hours.

Del. Jackson Miller [R]

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

2016-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-03 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-28 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0334)
2016-03-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 334 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-03-04		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 11, 2016
2016-03-04	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/4/16
2016-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2016-02-29	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-02-29	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB567ER)
2016-02-29	House	Enrolled
2016-02-25	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-25	Senate	Read third time
2016-02-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-22	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N)
2016-02-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2016-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2016-02-03	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2016-02-03	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2016-02-02	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB567H1
2016-02-02	House	Committee substitute agreed to 16104502D-H1
2016-02-02	House	Read second time
2016-02-01	House	Read first time
2016-01-28	House	Committee substitute printed 16104502D-H1
2016-01-28	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2016-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
2016-01-18	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
2016-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2016-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103925D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2105	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2105.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2110.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2130	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2135	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2138	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2138.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2139.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2139.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2141	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2142	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2142.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB567
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB567+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB567H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB567ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0334+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H1101V0004+HB0567
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H11V0029+HB0567
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0237+HB0567
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S12V0103+HB0567
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0597HB0567+HB0567
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0613HB0567+HB0567