VA SB576 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 2 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 2 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Consumer protection; creation of Unfair Real Estate Service Agreement Act. Creates the Unfair Real Estate Service Agreement Act and adds any violations of the Act to the list of prohibited violations of relevant consumer protection laws in the Commonwealth. The bill prohibits any real estate service agreement, defined in the bill, that is effective and binding for more than one year from its effective date from (i) purporting to run with the land or bind future owners of interests in the residential real property identified in the service agreement; (ii) allowing the service provider to assign or transfer the right to provide services under the service agreement without notice to and written agreement of all parties to the service agreement; or (iii) purporting to create a lien, encumbrance, or other real property security interest on the residential real property identified in the service agreement.
Title
Unfair Real Estate Service Agreement Act; created, consumer protections.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-02-22 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (93-Y 4-N) (Y: 93 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-15 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (93-Y 4-N) (Y: 93 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-15 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-02 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362) | |
| 2024-04-02 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 362 (effective 7/1/24) | |
| 2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-11 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-02-27 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-02-27 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB576ER) |
| 2024-02-27 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2024-02-22 | Senate | Title replaced 24107740D-H1 |
| 2024-02-22 | Senate | House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-20 | House | VOTE: Passage (93-Y 4-N) |
| 2024-02-20 | House | Passed House with substitute (93-Y 4-N) |
| 2024-02-20 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB576H1 |
| 2024-02-20 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 24107740D-H1 |
| 2024-02-20 | House | Read third time |
| 2024-02-19 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Committee substitute printed 24107740D-H1 |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2024-01-30 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2024-01-26 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101370D |
Same As/Similar To
HB1243 (Similar To) 2024-04-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328)
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 1 | 3200 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 55 | 1 | 3206 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 1 | 199 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 1 | 200 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
