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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real estate brokers and salespersons; duties, licensees engaged by buyers."
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description: "Real estate brokers and salespersons; licensees engaged by buyers. Repeals the provision providing that, notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring written brokerage agreements or governing the duties of licensees, nothing shall be construed to require that a written agreement between a licensee and a prospective buyer or tenant be executed prior to the licensee's showing properties to the prospective buyer. The bill also provides that a licensee engaged by a seller or landlord shall not be required to show property to a prospective buyer when such showing is conducted pursuant to and in accordance with a brokerage agreement entered into with a seller or landlord client. This bill is identical to HB 1684."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 1309"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1309 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-09"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24fa925-b05c-426a-87ad-fa894c59506f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1309"
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source_hash: "dc5efc41fa974a5259ea60f2d49e305c7144cc171ad23aebc0bc5a9752a0ebad"
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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 SB 1309 (2025) — Real estate brokers and salespersons; duties, licensees engaged by buyers.
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Real estate brokers and salespersons; licensees engaged by buyers. Repeals the provision providing that, notwithstanding any other provision of law requiring written brokerage agreements or governing the duties of licensees, nothing shall be construed to require that a written agreement between a licensee and a prospective buyer or tenant be executed prior to the licensee's showing properties to the prospective buyer. The bill also provides that a licensee engaged by a seller or landlord shall not be required to show property to a prospective buyer when such showing is conducted pursuant to and in accordance with a brokerage agreement entered into with a seller or landlord client. This bill is identical to HB 1684.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018725.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1076841.PDF)
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3. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021167.PDF)
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4. **Senator McPike, Jeremy S. Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023856.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047366.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103288D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-15** Committee substitute printed 25105069D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-20** Floor substitute printed 25105370D-S2 (McPike)
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- **2025-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-20** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-21** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-22** General Laws and Technology Substitute rejected
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- **2025-01-22** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-01-22** Senator McPike, Jeremy S. Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-22** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
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- **2025-01-23** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1309)
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- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-11** Passed House (94-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-13** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1309ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1309)
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- **2025-02-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025( `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 495 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0495)
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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/f24fa925-b05c-426a-87ad-fa894c59506f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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