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| Bill | Real estate brokers and salespersons; duties, licensees engaged by buyers. | Real estate brokers and salespersons; licensees engaged by buyers. Repeals the provision providing that, notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring written brokerage agreements or governing the duties of licensees, nothing shall be construed to require that a written agreement between a licensee and a prospective buyer or tenant be executed prior to the licensee's showing properties to the prospective buyer. The bill also provides that a licensee engaged by a seller or landlord shall not be required to show property to a prospective buyer when such showing is conducted pursuant to and in accordance with a brokerage agreement entered into with a seller or landlord client. This bill is identical to SB 1309. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1684 | Virginia HB 1684 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1684 (2025) — Real estate brokers and salespersons; duties, licensees engaged by buyers.
Real estate brokers and salespersons; licensees engaged by buyers. Repeals the provision providing that, notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring written brokerage agreements or governing the duties of licensees, nothing shall be construed to require that a written agreement between a licensee and a prospective buyer or tenant be executed prior to the licensee's showing properties to the prospective buyer. The bill also provides that a licensee engaged by a seller or landlord shall not be required to show property to a prospective buyer when such showing is conducted pursuant to and in accordance with a brokerage agreement entered into with a seller or landlord client. This bill is identical to SB 1309.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103533D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2025-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1684)
- 2025-01-27 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
referral-committee - 2025-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
substitution - 2025-01-30 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25105335D-H1
substitution - 2025-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1684)
- 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 General Laws Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2025-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-14 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-14 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-17 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-19 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1684ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1684)
- 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-22 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 479 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0479)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6433bb74-fb3a-4d37-9291-4f908ac81f3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).