HB 2557 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Real estate brokers, salespersons, and rental location agents; exemptions.

Summary

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; real estate brokers, salespersons, and rental location agents; exemptions. Clarifies that the provisions related to real estate brokers, salespersons, and rental location agents shall not apply to any person employed by a licensed real estate broker for and on behalf of the owner of any real estate or the improvements thereon that the licensed broker has contracted to manage for the owner if the actions of such employee are limited to (i) accepting and signing broker-approved rental agreements, state or federal required disclosures, and any documents required for compliance with Virginia Fair Housing Law related to such rental transaction and (ii) accepting security deposits, periodic rent, and other payments contracted for in the rental agreement for such real estate. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to SB 993.

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 12, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

General Laws Substitute → Chaptered · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill formalizes the text of HB 2557 into official Virginia law (Chapter 463 of the 2025 Acts). The substantive content of the exemptions for real estate brokers and the voluntary compliance program remains largely unchanged, though minor formatting and punctuation corrections were made throughout the text.

TECHNICAL

Converted the bill from a House Substitute draft to an officially chaptered act with proper legislative formatting, including chapter number, approval date, and standardized text layout.

Corrected minor punctuation and spacing inconsistencies in the text of § 54.1-2103, such as removing extra spaces and fixing line breaks for readability.

Added a period at the end of subsection C of § 54.1-2111.1 that was missing in the original draft.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 40

Feb 14, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

15 Yea 4

78% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 24, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 463 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Feb 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2557ER)

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process

lower

Jan 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors