---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Real Estate License Act"
description: "Relating to Real Estate License Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 747"
citation: "West Virginia SB 747 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/590a40d1-b1a2-4e27-820b-65b707b63cf3"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=747&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1a38c8056dc11b0f6c528d5af084b372e41002b4aeb8c4339f2868153fc8adab"
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-wv"]
---

# West Virginia SB 747 (2025) — Relating to Real Estate License Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb747%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=747)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb747%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=747)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-13** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2025-03-20** On 1st reading
- **2025-03-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 162) `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Ordered to House
- **2025-03-26** House received Senate message
- **2025-03-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Do pass
- **2025-04-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-10** Amendment ruled not germane
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Passed House (Roll No. 517) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-11** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08** Chapter 43, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/590a40d1-b1a2-4e27-820b-65b707b63cf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).