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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real estate appraisers; exemptions from licensure."
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description: "Allows a licensed residential real estate appraiser, certified residential real estate appraiser, or certified general real estate appraiser to provide an evaluation of real estate or real property in connection with certain real estate-related financial transactions. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1556"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1556 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2016-12-29"
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last_action: "2017-03-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f38ec1e6-28d1-4a07-ac46-dcf3cdd0c4ee"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1556"
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source_hash: "cda540b280e192b59f0fb9a2a7d248b993cfedbd287eba1f2a07adb9b412e932"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1556 (2017) — Real estate appraisers; exemptions from licensure.
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Allows a licensed residential real estate appraiser, certified residential real estate appraiser, or certified general real estate appraiser to provide an evaluation of real estate or real property in connection with certain real estate-related financial transactions. This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0258)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0258)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1556ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1556ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104693D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1556H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100887D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1556)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100887D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 17104693D-H1
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- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1556H1
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- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 258 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f38ec1e6-28d1-4a07-ac46-dcf3cdd0c4ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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