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| Bill | Real Estate Board; licensees may assist in translation of real estate documents. | Provides that if a party to a real estate transaction requests translation of a contract or other real estate document from the English language to another language, a real estate licensee may assist such party in obtaining a translator or may refer such party to an electronic translation service and that, in doing so, the licensee shall not be deemed to have breached any of his obligations as a real estate licensee or otherwise become liable for any inaccuracies in the translation. The bill provides that a licensee shall not charge a fee for such assistance or referral. This bill is identical to | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2018 | HB 439 | Virginia HB 439 (2018) |
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Virginia HB 439 (2018) — Real Estate Board; licensees may assist in translation of real estate documents.
Provides that if a party to a real estate transaction requests translation of a contract or other real estate document from the English language to another language, a real estate licensee may assist such party in obtaining a translator or may refer such party to an electronic translation service and that, in doing so, the licensee shall not be deemed to have breached any of his obligations as a real estate licensee or otherwise become liable for any inaccuracies in the translation. The bill provides that a licensee shall not charge a fee for such assistance or referral. This bill is identical to
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0039) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB439ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104351D (committee substitute) — source
- House: Printed as engrossed 18104351D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104351D
introduction - 2018-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2018-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2018-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2018-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2018-02-02 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2018-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended HB439E
- 2018-02-02 Printed as engrossed 18104351D-E
- 2018-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2018-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2018-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2018-02-15 Read third time
reading-3 - 2018-02-19 Enrolled
- 2018-02-19 Signed by Speaker
- 2018-02-21 Signed by President
- 2018-02-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/22/18
- 2018-02-22 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2018
- 2018-02-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 39 (effective 7/1/18)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffa80c8c-7c7f-46aa-8fd1-18e8f9264efc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).