republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-1506.md

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Bill	Appraisal management companies; clarifies definition, state-licensed appraisers.	Amends the definition of appraisal management company and adds definitions for appraisal management services and appraiser panel. The bill also requires applicants for an appraisal management company license to certify to the Virginia Real Estate Appraiser Board that any person or entity that owns any part of the appraisal management company has never had a license to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, surrendered in lieu of revocation, or revoked by the Commonwealth or any other state. Current law only requires such applicants to provide such certification regarding any person or entity that owns 10 percent or more of the appraisal management company. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 1506	Virginia HB 1506 (2018)	bill	Professions and Occupations	enacted	Richard P. Bell	3	17	6	2018-01-18	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/ac6d460e-0ec5-4286-a714-fa4a90a0b78a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1506	fbc64e9d8678dff5268da4b83594f6ff68f03973851eddc9b262a08cbcf2bd8d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1506 (2018) — Appraisal management companies; clarifies definition, state-licensed appraisers.

Amends the definition of appraisal management company and adds definitions for appraisal management services and appraiser panel. The bill also requires applicants for an appraisal management company license to certify to the Virginia Real Estate Appraiser Board that any person or entity that owns any part of the appraisal management company has never had a license to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, surrendered in lieu of revocation, or revoked by the Commonwealth or any other state. Current law only requires such applicants to provide such certification regarding any person or entity that owns 10 percent or more of the appraisal management company. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1506ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 18106175D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Presented and ordered printed 18105498D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard P. Bell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 18105498D introduction
• 2018-01-18 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2018-01-24 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-02-10 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 18106175D-H1
• 2018-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1506H1
• 2018-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2018-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled
• 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-28 Signed by President
• 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
• 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 229 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac6d460e-0ec5-4286-a714-fa4a90a0b78a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).