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Bill Real estate appraisers; ed. requirements for licensure, fair housing and appraisal bias course. Real estate appraisers; educational requirements for licensure; fair housing and appraisal bias course. Requires, in addition to successfully completing an examination, applicants for licensure as a certified residential real estate appraiser or a certified general real estate appraiser to also successfully complete a fair housing and appraisal bias education course administered or approved by the Real Estate Appraiser Board prior to licensure, the specifics of which are provided in the bill. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 170 Virginia HB 170 (2026)
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Virginia HB 170 (2026) — Real estate appraisers; ed. requirements for licensure, fair housing and appraisal bias course.

Real estate appraisers; educational requirements for licensure; fair housing and appraisal bias course. Requires, in addition to successfully completing an examination, applicants for licensure as a certified residential real estate appraiser or a certified general real estate appraiser to also successfully complete a fair housing and appraisal bias education course administered or approved by the Real Estate Appraiser Board prior to licensure, the specifics of which are provided in the bill.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. General Laws Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. General Laws and Technology Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  5. Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 363 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 8118 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — 141 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 6632 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 100 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
  • Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
  • Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102831D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2026-01-19 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2026-01-27 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-27 Committee substitute printed 26105954D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB170)
  • 2026-01-29 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-01-30 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
  • 2026-01-30 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-01-30 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed House (81-Y 18-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2026-03-03 Senate committee offered
  • 2026-03-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-06 Rules suspended
  • 2026-03-06 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-10 General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 3-N 1-A) passage
  • 2026-03-11 Senate amendment agreed to by House (66-Y 32-N 0-A) amendment-passage
  • 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB170ER) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB170)
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 81 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0081)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/745926de-dcb4-4c96-825f-b542cd144da9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).