Real estate licensees; signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers. (HB259)

Introduced By

Del. Jackson Miller (R-Manassas)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

  Signing of pleadings, motions, and other papers; real estate licensees. Proscribes an individual from alleging a real estate licensee has engaged in untrue, deceptive, or misleading advertising unless such licensee has been convicted doing so. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
12/30/2013Committee
12/30/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101965D
12/30/2013Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/10/2014Assigned Courts sub: Civil
02/03/2014Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
02/07/2014Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2014Committee substitute printed 14104487D-H1
02/08/2014Read first time
02/10/2014Read second time
02/10/2014Committee substitute agreed to 14104487D-H1
02/10/2014Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB259H1
02/11/2014Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/11/2014VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2014Constitutional reading dispensed
02/12/2014Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/19/2014Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2014Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/24/2014Read third time
02/24/2014Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
02/26/2014Enrolled
02/26/2014Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB259ER)
02/26/2014Signed by Speaker
02/28/2014Signed by President
04/06/2014G Approved by Governor-Chapter 650 (effective 7/1/14)
04/06/2014G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 1 minute.

Comments

Waldo Jaquith writes:

This seems weird. Isn't that libel/slander, something to be handled as a civil matter, rather than as a criminal matter?

Jim Duncan writes:

Agreed. This is an odd bill, and another example of why I wish each bill had an attached rationale for its submission. I'd love to know what the precursor to this was and who's sponsoring it.

Jim writes:

Why are you surprised, Mr. Duncan? There has always been a certain Alice in Wonderland aspect to the General Assembly. I remember one year when a Delegate sponsored a bill that would have amended the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act in a fashion that would have made Virginia the only place in the universe (except maybe in the world of quantum physics?) where 1+1=1.