Real estate settlement agents; choice of settlement agent.
Summary
Real estate settlement agents; emergency. Clarifies that a seller shall not be prohibited from retaining a licensed attorney to represent his interests and provide legal advice pertaining to escrow, closing, or settlement services. This bill is declarative of existing law. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 775.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Feb 9, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 28, 2022
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
12
Committee
12
Amendments
1
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 669 (effective 4/11/22)
executive
Feb 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1364S1
upper
Feb 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22107037D-S1
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1364E
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 22106345D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jay Leftwich
RRepublican
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