---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate salesperson; DPOR to conduct review of current process for obtaining licensure."
description: "Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; review of real estate salesperson licensure process; report. Directs the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to conduct a comprehensive review of the Commonwealth's current process for obtaining licensure as a real estate salesperson and to submit, on or before January 1, 2027, a report of its findings to the Chairs of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 613"
citation: "Virginia SB 613 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b318a7f-f975-4247-829e-c004ecb488a4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB613"
source_hash: "37cd594c590cd927a2a1177f8115cff68cae236273bd690e5a4084296653e7fe"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 613 (2026) — Real estate salesperson; DPOR to conduct review of current process for obtaining licensure.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; review of real estate salesperson licensure process; report. Directs the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to conduct a comprehensive review of the Commonwealth's current process for obtaining licensure as a real estate salesperson and to submit, on or before January 1, 2027, a report of its findings to the Chairs of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1091489.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218254.PDF)
3. **General Laws Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191555.PDF)
4. **Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1185697.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209920.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Concur House Substitute R — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100959D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB613)
- **2026-01-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-30** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-03-03** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Committee substitute printed 26108417D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-03-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-03-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-06** Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB613)
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB613ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB613)
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 513 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0513)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b318a7f-f975-4247-829e-c004ecb488a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).