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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 SB 1061 Virginia SB 1061 (2019)
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Virginia SB 1061 (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. House: Committee substitute printed 19106381D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1061ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101457D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology — 120 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-12-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101457D introduction
  • 2018-12-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2019-01-17 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2019-01-22 Placed on Calendar
  • 2019-01-22 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-22 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2019-02-07 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-02-08 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 19106381D-H1
  • 2019-02-08 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1061H1
  • 2019-02-08 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2019-02-12 Title replaced 19106381D-H1
  • 2019-02-14 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-14 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-14 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-18 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
  • 2019-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-02-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 179 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd0d1f6b-4d05-4380-a1ba-f48d12cd96dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).