HB 1693 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Real estate appraisers; educational requirement for licensure, fair housing & appraisal bias course.

Summary

Real estate appraisers; educational requirements for licensure; fair housing and appraisal bias course. Requires applicants for licensure as a certified residential real estate appraiser, a certified general real estate appraiser, or a licensed residential real estate appraiser to successfully complete a minimum of two hours of education on fair housing and appraisal bias administered or approved by the Real Estate Appraiser Board prior to licensure. The bill requires any such educational course on fair housing and appraisal bias to be audited annually by the Fair Housing Board. This bill is identical to SB 995.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Vetoed

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 4, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

General Laws Substitute → Enrolled · 1 edit · Feb 15, 2025

MINOR

The bill transitioned from a House Substitute version to an Enrolled version, indicating it has been fully approved by the General Assembly and is ready to become law. The substantive policy text regarding real estate appraiser licensure and educational requirements appears unchanged between the two versions, with the primary difference being the formal status update and the addition of the act title.

TECHNICAL

The document status changed from 'House Substitute' to 'Enrolled', signifying final legislative approval and preparation for signing by the Governor.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2025

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Feb 7, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

17 Yea 2

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Vetoed

House sustained Governor's veto

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Feb 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1693ER)

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (31-Y 5-N 2-A)

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 29, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (57-Y 40-N)

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed by for the day

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 8-N)

lower

Jan 13, 2025

Committee

Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection

lower

Jan 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors