republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2352.md

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Bill	Real Estate Board; real estate licensees.	Clarifies that the Real Estate Board (the Board) may establish criteria delineating the permitted activities of unlicensed individuals employed by, or affiliated as an independent contractor with, real estate licensees or under the supervision of a real estate broker. Current law only permits the Board to establish such criteria for unlicensed individuals employed by or under the supervision of a real estate broker. The bill also specifies that a real estate team may hire one or more unlicensed assistants as an employee or an independent contractor. Current law does not specify the method by which real estate teams may hire independent contractors. Finally, the bill permits an independent contractor affiliated with a disabled or deceased broker to carry on the business of the disabled or deceased broker for 180 days following the death or disability of the broker solely for the purpose of concluding the business of the deceased or disabled broker under certain circumstances. The bill contains a technical amendment and is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2352	Virginia HB 2352 (2019)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Professions and Occupations	enacted	Jason S. Miyares	6	20	7	2019-01-08	2019-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/9b302784-a972-4abc-8a40-68e0b7e2f347	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2352	df6baf6f9dd1caf289ca8a112a470cf92f6e1daacf179980f9fd95ec930415e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2352 (2019) — Real Estate Board; real estate licensees.

Clarifies that the Real Estate Board (the Board) may establish criteria delineating the permitted activities of unlicensed individuals employed by, or affiliated as an independent contractor with, real estate licensees or under the supervision of a real estate broker. Current law only permits the Board to establish such criteria for unlicensed individuals employed by or under the supervision of a real estate broker. The bill also specifies that a real estate team may hire one or more unlicensed assistants as an employee or an independent contractor. Current law does not specify the method by which real estate teams may hire independent contractors. Finally, the bill permits an independent contractor affiliated with a disabled or deceased broker to carry on the business of the disabled or deceased broker for 180 days following the death or disability of the broker solely for the purpose of concluding the business of the deceased or disabled broker under certain circumstances. The bill contains a technical amendment and is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0395) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2352ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103998D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19103998D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jason S. Miyares — primary (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103998D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2019-01-16 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-29 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-01-29 Engrossed by House as amended HB2352E
• 2019-01-29 Printed as engrossed 19103998D-E
• 2019-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-30 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2019-01-30 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2019-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-31 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-19 Enrolled
• 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
• 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 395 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b302784-a972-4abc-8a40-68e0b7e2f347. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).