Summary as passed: (all summaries) Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Real Estate Board; educational requirements for salespersons and brokers. Increases from 16 to 24 the number of continuing education hours that must be completed by a broker during a two-year license term. The bill also (i) requires a minimum of three hours of continuing education for salespersons and brokers to be on ethics and standards of conduct, (ii) provides a breakdown of the continuing education curriculum, (iii) changes from two years to one year the time in which a new licensee must complete the Board's 30-hour educational curriculum, and (iv) provides for the Board to develop regulations for ensuring the quality of real estate education and the requirements for proof of identity for applicants taking the principles of real estate examination. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2008, for the additional educational requirements for real estate salespersons and the increased number of hours of continuing education required of real estate brokers. Full text: 01/08/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 071552284 (impact statement) 02/02/07 House: Committee substitute printed 070925284-H1 (impact statement) 02/15/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 070942284-S1 (impact statement) 02/24/07 House: Conference substitute printed 072809284-H2 03/12/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2064ER) (impact statement) 04/10/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0809) Amendments: Conference amendments Status: 01/08/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 071552284 01/08/07 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws 01/15/07 House: Assigned GL sub: #4 Prof./Occup./Admin. (Cosgrove) 02/01/07 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) 02/02/07 House: Committee substitute printed 070925284-H1 02/03/07 House: Read first time 02/05/07 House: Read second time 02/05/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 070925284-H1 02/05/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2064H1 02/06/07 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) 02/06/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) 02/06/07 House: Communicated to Senate 02/07/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/07/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology 02/14/07 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N) 02/15/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 070942284-S1 02/16/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) 02/16/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N) 02/19/07 Senate: Read third time 02/19/07 Senate: Reading of substitute waived 02/19/07 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 070942284-S1 02/19/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2064S1 02/19/07 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) 02/19/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) 02/20/07 House: Placed on Calendar 02/21/07 House: Senate substitute rejected by House (3-Y 95-N) 02/21/07 House: VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 95-N) 02/22/07 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) 02/22/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) 02/22/07 Senate: Senate requested conference committee 02/22/07 House: House acceded to request 02/22/07 House: Conferees appointed by House 02/22/07 House: Delegates: Cox, Cosgrove, Bulova 02/22/07 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate 02/22/07 Senate: Senators: Stosch, Hawkins, Herring 02/24/07 House: Conference substitute printed 072809284-H2 02/24/07 House: Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) 02/24/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N) 02/24/07 Senate: Reading of conference report waived 02/24/07 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) 02/24/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N) 03/12/07 House: Enrolled 03/12/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2064ER) 03/12/07 Senate: Signed by President 03/13/07 House: Signed by Speaker 03/23/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 809 (effective - see bill) 04/10/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0809) |