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| Bill | Auctioneers Board; citizen members. | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Auctioneers Board; citizen members. Clarifies that no citizen member appointed to the Auctioneers Board shall (i) have training or experience as an auctioneer; (ii) be the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of an auctioneer; or (iii) have any direct or indirect financial interest, except as a consumer, in auctioneering. The bill further prohibits appointing any citizen member of the Board currently licensed in, employed by, or financially affiliated with any profession or occupation that provides similar services to auctioneers, including a real estate broker or salesperson. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 574 | Virginia SB 574 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 574 (2026) — Auctioneers Board; citizen members.
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Auctioneers Board; citizen members. Clarifies that no citizen member appointed to the Auctioneers Board shall (i) have training or experience as an auctioneer; (ii) be the spouse, parent, child, or sibling of an auctioneer; or (iii) have any direct or indirect financial interest, except as a consumer, in auctioneering. The bill further prohibits appointing any citizen member of the Board currently licensed in, employed by, or financially affiliated with any profession or occupation that provides similar services to auctioneers, including a real estate broker or salesperson.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 91–6 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws — 20–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101067D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB574)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-13 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-16 Blank Action
- 2026-02-20 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-20 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-20 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 2026-03-03 Reported from General Laws (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-05 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-06 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-06 Passed House (91-Y 6-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-12 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-12 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB574ER)
passage - 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB574)
- 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 509 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0509)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df279dd5-f145-4f55-913a-33e700c9f9c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).