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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 | SB 528 | Virginia SB 528 (2018) |
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Virginia SB 528 (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.
- Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB528ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104552D (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Printed as engrossed 18104552D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104552D
introduction - 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2018-01-25 Read second time
reading-2 - 2018-01-25 Reading of amendment waived
- 2018-01-25 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2018-01-25 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB528E
- 2018-01-25 Printed as engrossed 18104552D-E
- 2018-01-31 Placed on Calendar
- 2018-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2018-01-31 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2018-02-19 Read second time
reading-2 - 2018-02-20 Read third time
reading-3 - 2018-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2018-02-22 Enrolled
- 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
- 2018-02-23 Signed by President
- 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 87 (effective 7/1/18)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0f1e2f5-7d8d-4365-89e2-17cada04709d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).