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type: "Bill"
title: "Real Estate Board; death or disability of a real estate broker."
description: "Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Real Estate Board; death or disability of a real estatebroker. Clarifies that upon the death or disability of a licensedreal estate broker who was the only licensed broker in a businessentity, the Real Estate Board shall grant approval to certain personsenumerated by law to carry on the business of such broker for 180days following the death or disability of the broker solely for thepurpose of concluding the business of the broker. Currently, the lawonly addresses the death or disability of the sole licensed brokerin a corporation or partnership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 513"
citation: "Virginia HB 513 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-04"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8f7e6cb-be79-402d-818c-5ea416a2fe15"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB513"
source_hash: "4a288dd8e05756a232514a0cb7e520ad636ea9475c24187b5b1d70d2de819bb6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 513 (2020) — Real Estate Board; death or disability of a real estate broker.
Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Real Estate Board; death or disability of a real estatebroker. Clarifies that upon the death or disability of a licensedreal estate broker who was the only licensed broker in a businessentity, the Real Estate Board shall grant approval to certain personsenumerated by law to carry on the business of such broker for 180days following the death or disability of the broker solely for thepurpose of concluding the business of the broker. Currently, the lawonly addresses the death or disability of the sole licensed brokerin a corporation or partnership.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0383)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0383)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB513ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB513ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB513)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB513)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **320** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — **120** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101953D `introduction`
- **2020-01-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB513)
- **2020-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB513ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-06** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 383 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8f7e6cb-be79-402d-818c-5ea416a2fe15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).