republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-832.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Athlete agents; creates registration requirement, penalties."
description: "Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; registration of athlete agents; penalty; civil penalty. Creates a registration requirement for athlete agents administered by the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, sets out the requirements for registration and conduct of athlete agents, and provides for administrative, civil, and criminal penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 832"
citation: "Virginia HB 832 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d70a476b-af01-40b8-90a1-c72f9a35a5b0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB832"
source_hash: "6754e3991860521d5dd863ff73a6751afa63dae7c2c761f2025da06e920f10f2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 832 (2020) — Athlete agents; creates registration requirement, penalties.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; registration of athlete agents; penalty; civil penalty. Creates a registration requirement for athlete agents administered by the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, sets out the requirements for registration and conduct of athlete agents, and provides for administrative, civil, and criminal penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0481)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0481)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB832ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB832ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB832H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB832H1)
4. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB832)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB832)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N 1-A) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) — **34–6** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (87-Y 12-N) — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) — **6–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103022D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Impact statement from VCSC (HB832)
- **2020-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB832)
- **2020-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute printed 20107192D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-04** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB832H1)
- **2020-02-07** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20107192D-H1
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB832H1
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 12-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (87-Y 12-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB832ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 481 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d70a476b-af01-40b8-90a1-c72f9a35a5b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).