republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-383.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate board; continuing education requirements for real estate brokers and salespersons."
description: "Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; real estate board; continuing education requirements for real estate brokers and salespersons. Increases from eight to 11 the number of hours of continuing education an applicant for relicensure as a real estate broker or salesperson shall complete in the topics of ethics and standards of conduct, fair housing, legal updates and emerging trends, real estate agency, and real estate contracts. The bill also decreases from eight to five the number of hours of general elective courses such applicants shall complete. The bill directs the Real Estate Board to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill against current licensees beginning in such licensee's next full renewal cycle following the effective date of such regulations. This bill is identical to SB 330."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 383"
citation: "Virginia HB 383 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atoosa R. Reaser"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-07"
last_action: "2024-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54417135-3692-4246-981e-bd79642423d0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB383"
source_hash: "526cdb20d3de9b43670c470b32cfd5d91198c4ee6ac75304fbd8202115ee1919"
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 383 (2024) — Real estate board; continuing education requirements for real estate brokers and salespersons.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; real estate board; continuing education requirements for real estate brokers and salespersons. Increases from eight to 11 the number of hours of continuing education an applicant for relicensure as a real estate broker or salesperson shall complete in the topics of ethics and standards of conduct, fair housing, legal updates and emerging trends, real estate agency, and real estate contracts. The bill also decreases from eight to five the number of hours of general elective courses such applicants shall complete. The bill directs the Real Estate Board to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill against current licensees beginning in such licensee's next full renewal cycle following the effective date of such regulations. This bill is identical to SB 330.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0029** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0029)
2. **HB383ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB383ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104342D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB383)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104342D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB383)
- **2024-01-30** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB383ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB383ER)
- **2024-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 29 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0029)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54417135-3692-4246-981e-bd79642423d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).