republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-358.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 HB 917.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 358	Virginia SB 358 (2024)	bill		enacted	Schuyler T. VanValkenburg	4	29	5	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/946b336a-6226-45b5-99ad-5deafb8d1aaf	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB358	2a02d60e47ff5186ddf595b0b5b0eb91fa156fe9cf41f02d1f81d8670ae92cb9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 358 (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 HB 917.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0621 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104480D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24104480D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB358ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104480D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-17 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-22 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-01-22 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-22 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB358E
• 2024-01-22 Printed as engrossed 24104480D-E
• 2024-01-23 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB358E)
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-20 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB358ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB358ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-29 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 621 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0621)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/946b336a-6226-45b5-99ad-5deafb8d1aaf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).