Real Estate Board; regulations related to fees charged to a licensee.
Summary
Real Estate Board; regulations related to fees charged to a licensee. 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 SB 785.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 3, 2025
Signed Mar 19, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons
What changed between versions
Enrolled
→
Chaptered
·
3 edits
MINOR
This bill converts HB 1653 from an enrolled draft to a chaptered law, making it official legislation. The substantive content of the law remains unchanged - it continues to regulate the Virginia Real Estate Board's authority over educational requirements for real estate licensees and fee restrictions. The formatting differences reflect the transition from draft to final enacted form.
TECHNICAL
Converted from draft enrolled bill format to official chaptered law format with proper chapter numbering and approval date
Added chapter number (Chapter 122) and approval date (March 19, 2025) to establish official enactment
REQUIREMENT
No substantive policy changes to educational requirements, fee restrictions, or board authority - all original provisions remain intact
Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 27, 2025
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 12, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Mar 19, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 122 (Effective 07/01/25)
Feb 20, 2025
Senate · Passed
Signed by President
Feb 17, 2025
House of Delegates · Passed
Signed by Speaker
Feb 17, 2025
House of Delegates · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1653ER)
Feb 12, 2025
Senate · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Feb 11, 2025
Senate · Passed
Passed by for the day
Feb 11, 2025
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Feb 5, 2025
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
Jan 28, 2025
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Jan 27, 2025
House of Delegates · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
Jan 21, 2025
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
Jan 16, 2025
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
Jan 13, 2025
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
Jan 3, 2025
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Josh Thomas
DDemocratic
Ask Maddy
·
AI policy assistant
Ask Maddy about HB 1653
Scope: VA
Hi! I can help you understand HB 1653. What would you like to know?
Try one of these
i
Maddy answers using official bill text and legislative records. Always verify before sharing.
Sources cited inline