republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-819.md

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Bill	Real estate settlements; kickbacks and other payments, remedies, penalties.	Real estate settlements; kickbacks and other payments; remedies; civil penalties. Relocates from Chapter 9 (Real Estate Settlements) to Chapter 10 (Real Estate Settlement Agents) within Title 55.1 the existing provision that prohibits persons from paying or receiving a kickback, rebate, commission, thing of value, or other payment pursuant to an agreement to refer business incident to a settlement. This relocation authorizes the State Corporation Commission to impose penalties, issue injunctions, and require restitution in cases where a person who does not hold a license from the appropriate licensing authority has violated the provision. The measure also adds to Chapter 10 of Title 55.1 provisions that (i) authorize a court to assess civil penalties of not more than $5,000 per violation of the chapter and (ii) authorize the recovery of costs and reasonable expenses and attorney fees.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 819	Virginia HB 819 (2020)	bill		enacted	Marcus B. Simon	4	28	6	2020-01-07	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/5e9df99d-d45a-4ed3-bb43-8116e0314fdd	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB819	f61a4892fc6fba9f0c64159049f2a35a97e162f975ffd337aca90a343831b6b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 819 (2020) — Real estate settlements; kickbacks and other payments, remedies, penalties.

Real estate settlements; kickbacks and other payments; remedies; civil penalties. Relocates from Chapter 9 (Real Estate Settlements) to Chapter 10 (Real Estate Settlement Agents) within Title 55.1 the existing provision that prohibits persons from paying or receiving a kickback, rebate, commission, thing of value, or other payment pursuant to an agreement to refer business incident to a settlement. This relocation authorizes the State Corporation Commission to impose penalties, issue injunctions, and require restitution in cases where a person who does not hold a license from the appropriate licensing authority has violated the provision. The measure also adds to Chapter 10 of Title 55.1 provisions that (i) authorize a court to assess civil penalties of not more than $5,000 per violation of the chapter and (ii) authorize the recovery of costs and reasonable expenses and attorney fees. 

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0700) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB819ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB819E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from SCC (HB819) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Referred from General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102120D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Referred from General Laws
• 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Impact statement from SCC (HB819)
• 2020-02-04 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB819E
• 2020-02-06 Printed as engrossed 20102120D-E
• 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 Impact statement from SCC (HB819E)
• 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 (13-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
• 2020-02-28 Enrolled
• 2020-02-28 Impact statement from SCC (HB819ER)
• 2020-02-28 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-02 Signed by President
• 2020-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
• 2020-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 700 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e9df99d-d45a-4ed3-bb43-8116e0314fdd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).