HB170
Real estate appraisers; ed. requirements for licensure, fair housing and appraisal bias course.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 3, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Chief Patron:
Alex Askew (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Real estate appraisers; educational requirements for licensure; anti-discrimination training.
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 an anti-discrimination training course administered or approved by the Real Estate Appraiser Board prior to licensure, the specifics of which are ... (More) 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
