HB170
Real estate appraisers; ed. requirements for licensure, fair housing and appraisal bias course.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 11, 2026
House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (66-Y 32-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Alex Askew (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Real estate appraisers; educational requirements for licensure; fair housing and appraisal bias course.
Requires, in addition to successfully completing an examination, applicants for licensure as a certified residential real estate appraiser or a certified general real estate appraiser to also successfully complete a fair housing and appraisal bias education course administered or approved by the Real Estate Appraiser Board prior to licensure, the ... (More) specifics of which are provided in the bill. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102831D
- 01/06/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/19/2026 - House: Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/20/2026 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/22/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/22/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2026 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26105954D-H1
- 01/28/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB170)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Read first time
- 01/30/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 01/30/2026 - House: Read second time
- 01/30/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 01/30/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (81-Y 18-N 0-A)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (14-Y 1-N)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 3-N 1-A)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (66-Y 32-N 0-A)
