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| Bill | Real estate brokers, salespersons, and rental location agents; exemptions. | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; real estate brokers, salespersons, and rental location agents; exemptions. Clarifies that the provisions related to real estate brokers, salespersons, and rental location agents shall not apply to any person employed by a licensed real estate broker for and on behalf of the owner of any real estate or the improvements thereon that the licensed broker has contracted to manage for the owner if the actions of such employee are limited to (i) accepting and signing broker-approved rental agreements, state or federal required disclosures, and any documents required for compliance with Virginia Fair Housing Law related to such rental transaction and (ii) accepting security deposits, periodic rent, and other payments contracted for in the rental agreement for such real estate. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to SB 993. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2557 | Virginia HB 2557 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2557 (2025) — Real estate brokers, salespersons, and rental location agents; exemptions.
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; real estate brokers, salespersons, and rental location agents; exemptions. Clarifies that the provisions related to real estate brokers, salespersons, and rental location agents shall not apply to any person employed by a licensed real estate broker for and on behalf of the owner of any real estate or the improvements thereon that the licensed broker has contracted to manage for the owner if the actions of such employee are limited to (i) accepting and signing broker-approved rental agreements, state or federal required disclosures, and any documents required for compliance with Virginia Fair Housing Law related to such rental transaction and (ii) accepting security deposits, periodic rent, and other payments contracted for in the rental agreement for such real estate. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to SB 993.
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
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-13-2025 25102236D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2025-01-20 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
referral-committee - 2025-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2557)
- 2025-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-01-30 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25106491D-H1
substitution - 2025-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 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 - 2025-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2557)
- 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 (15-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 (HB2557ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2557)
- 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 463 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3165852b-c146-49f9-b1bc-11d904dabe69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).