SB 785 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Real Estate Board; transfer of license, fee.

Summary

Real Estate Board; transfer of license; fee. Prohibits the Real Estate Board from charging a fee to a real estate licensee for the transfer of such licensee between offices within a licensed real estate firm, including from such firm's primary place of business to one of its branch offices or from a branch office to another branch office under the same primary place of business. This bill is identical to HB 1653.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Dec 27, 2024 Signed Mar 19, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill finalizes the legislative process for SB 785, which amends the Virginia Code to regulate fees charged by the Real Estate Board. The primary change is the addition of the official approval date, March 19, 2025, and the assignment of the act to Chapter 129, confirming its enactment into law.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope regarding real estate fees remains unchanged; only the procedural status has been updated from 'Enrolled' to 'Chaptered'.

TECHNICAL

Added the specific approval date of March 19, 2025, to the text.

Added the chapter number '129' to organize the new law within the session's acts.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 7, 2025

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Jan 23, 2025

D Democratic21

20 Yea 1

95% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 19, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 129 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB785ER)

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (94-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Jan 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Dec 27, 2024

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors