republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-862.md

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Bill	Real estate teams; required to obtain a business entity license.	Requires real estate teams as defined in the bill to obtain a business entity salesperson's license from the Real Estate Board (the Board). The bill requires a principal broker to obtain a branch office license from the Board for each place of business maintained by such principal broker within the Commonwealth. The bill also expands the responsibilities of supervising brokers as defined in the bill and requires that as a condition of the renewal of a branch office license, the supervising broker shall provide to the Board the name and license number of each real estate licensee affiliated with the branch office at the time of the renewal. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 862	Virginia HB 862 (2018)	bill	Licenses Business Professions and Occupations	enacted	Christopher K. Peace	3	17	6	2018-01-09	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/b039e446-ceb2-438a-9f02-90cda60c021e	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB862	48e6dd00e926232ceeb5a5dc04043df016a4ba66f1a1480858177f2930211db7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 862 (2018) — Real estate teams; required to obtain a business entity license.

Requires real estate teams as defined in the bill to obtain a business entity salesperson's license from the Real Estate Board (the Board). The bill requires a principal broker to obtain a branch office license from the Board for each place of business maintained by such principal broker within the Commonwealth. The bill also expands the responsibilities of supervising brokers as defined in the bill and requires that as a condition of the renewal of a branch office license, the supervising broker shall provide to the Board the name and license number of each real estate licensee affiliated with the branch office at the time of the renewal. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019. 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 (HB862ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 18106546D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104635D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 13–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104635D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 18106546D-H1
• 2018-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB862H1
• 2018-02-12 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-13 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 223 (effective 1/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b039e446-ceb2-438a-9f02-90cda60c021e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).