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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real estate settlement agents; choice of settlement agent."
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description: "Real estate settlement agents; emergency. Clarifies that a seller shall not be prohibited from retaining a licensed attorney to represent his interests and provide legal advice pertaining to escrow, closing, or settlement services. This bill is declarative of existing law. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 775."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 1364"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1364 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2022-02-09"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0926ae8-ece1-4d46-bd2f-c87742c7a4d6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1364"
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source_hash: "6533741371dc8672f5414359c89a204ca99dae49c25c74c861d747cfcc47e6ad"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1364 (2022) — Real estate settlement agents; choice of settlement agent.
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Real estate settlement agents; emergency. Clarifies that a seller shall not be prohibited from retaining a licensed attorney to represent his interests and provide legal advice pertaining to escrow, closing, or settlement services. This bill is declarative of existing law. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 775.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0669** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0669)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22107037D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1364S1)
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3. **HB1364ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1364ER)
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4. **Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 22106345D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1364)
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5. **Printed as engrossed 22106345D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1364E)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-09** Unanimous consent to introduce
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- **2022-02-09** Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 22106345D `introduction`
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- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-10** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-10** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-10** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-10** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended HB1364E
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- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22106345D-E
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- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-23** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Committee substitute printed 22107037D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-28** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 22107037D-S1
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- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1364S1
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- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-02** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107037D-S1 (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 669 (effective 4/11/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0926ae8-ece1-4d46-bd2f-c87742c7a4d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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