# Virginia HB1693: Real estate appraisers; educational requirement for licensure, fair housing & appraisal bias course. Virginia HB1693, Real estate appraisers; educational requirement for licensure, fair housing & appraisal bias course., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Alex Q. Askew (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-04-02 (House sustained Governor's veto) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1693-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1693 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Real estate appraisers; educational requirement for licensure, fair housing & appraisal bias course. - Status: to governor - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-04 - Last action: 2025-04-02, House sustained Governor's veto - Sponsor: Alex Q. Askew (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (160 yes, 55 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## 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. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Alex Q. Askew (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-10 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 31 | 5 | 2 | | 2025-02-07 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 38 | 0 | | | 2025-02-05 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2025-01-28 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 57 | 40 | | | 2025-01-21 | House | Reported from General Laws with substitute | pass | 13 | 8 | | | 2025-01-16 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 6 | 2 | 1 | ## Actions (30) - 2025-04-02: House sustained Governor's veto (House) - 2025-03-24: Vetoed by Governor (Governor) - 2025-02-18: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-02-18: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-15: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1693) (House) - 2025-02-12: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1693ER) (House) - 2025-02-12: Enrolled (House) - 2025-02-12: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-10: Passed Senate (31-Y 5-N 2-A) (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Read third time (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Read third time and passed House (57-Y 40-N) (House) - 2025-01-27: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2025-01-27: General Laws Substitute agreed to (House) - 2025-01-27: Read second time (House) - 2025-01-24: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1693) (House) - 2025-01-24: Passed by for the day (House) - 2025-01-23: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-21: Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 8-N) (House) - 2025-01-21: Committee substitute printed 25105174D-H1 (House) - 2025-01-16: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) (House) - 2025-01-13: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection (House) - 2025-01-04: Referred to Committee on General Laws (House) - 2025-01-04: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100827D (House) ## Bill text - Veto Explanation, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073351.HTML) - Enrolled, 2025-02-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046369.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046368.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-01-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021606.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021605.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-04: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012668.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012667.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed) - HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed) - HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed) - SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed) - HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor) ## Sources - [Veto Explanation (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073351.HTML) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046369.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046368.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021606.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021605.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012668.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012667.PDF) ## Related - [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025) - [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025) - [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025) - [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025) - [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025) - [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1693-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).