republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-917.md

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Bill	Real estate broker; definition.	Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; definition of a real estate broker. Adds to the definition of "real estate broker" any individual or business entity who sells or offers to sell, buys or offers to buy, negotiates, or otherwise deals in real estate contracts, including assignable contracts, on two or more occasions in any 12-month period for compensation or valuable consideration. The bill contains technical amendments and is identical to SB 358.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 917	Virginia HB 917 (2024)	bill		enacted	Irene Shin	4	36	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/679dbfad-01de-45c8-90a3-30d5be8fae93	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB917	068b85c02ea18acec66b821390910602b0259b1f8c14940e4f4d35b8b1a49ff1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 917 (2024) — Real estate broker; definition.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; definition of a real estate broker. Adds to the definition of "real estate broker" any individual or business entity who sells or offers to sell, buys or offers to buy, negotiates, or otherwise deals in real estate contracts, including assignable contracts, on two or more occasions in any 12-month period for compensation or valuable consideration. The bill contains technical amendments and is identical to SB 358. 

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0459 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB917ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104608D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24104608D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Irene Shin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104608D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB917)
• 2024-01-25 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-30 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-02 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended HB917E
• 2024-02-02 Printed as engrossed 24104608D-E
• 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
• 2024-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB917E)
• 2024-02-14 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-14 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-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 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-19 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-19 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-02-19 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB917ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB917ER)
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 459 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/679dbfad-01de-45c8-90a3-30d5be8fae93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).