republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-284.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Estate Appraiser Board; continuing education to include fair housing or appraisal bias courses."
description: "Real Estate Appraiser Board; continuing education to include fair housing or appraisal bias courses. Provides that any regulation of the Real Estate Appraiser Board setting out continuing education requirements for real estate appraiser licensees as a prerequisite of license renewal shall include at least two hours of fair housing or appraisal bias courses if the Board requires continuing education for the renewal of such licenses. The bill directs the Real Estate Appraiser Board to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act that include a course of at least two hours relating to fair housing or appraisal bias and exempts the initial adoption of such regulations from the Administrative Process Act, except that the Board shall provide an opportunity for public comment prior to adoption of the regulations. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 284"
citation: "Virginia HB 284 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie E. Coyner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40cf7f59-8a92-4b8e-af69-4add8e98d382"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB284"
source_hash: "74a0e6aa79e89d3c2034e25d4e30a913e37a84ef92a234df989b506cd251a8bc"
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 284 (2022) — Real Estate Appraiser Board; continuing education to include fair housing or appraisal bias courses.

Real Estate Appraiser Board; continuing education to include fair housing or appraisal bias courses. Provides that any regulation of the Real Estate Appraiser Board setting out continuing education requirements for real estate appraiser licensees as a prerequisite of license renewal shall include at least two hours of fair housing or appraisal bias courses if the Board requires continuing education for the renewal of such licenses. The bill directs the Real Estate Appraiser Board to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act that include a course of at least two hours relating to fair housing or appraisal bias and exempts the initial adoption of such regulations from the Administrative Process Act, except that the Board shall provide an opportunity for public comment prior to adoption of the regulations. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0118)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106968D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB284S1)
3. **HB284ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB284ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104242D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB284)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104242D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB284)
- **2022-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-25** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-31** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-01** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-23** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Committee substitute printed 22106968D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 22106968D-S1
- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB284S1
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106968D-S1 (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB284S1)
- **2022-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB284ER)
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 118 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40cf7f59-8a92-4b8e-af69-4add8e98d382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).