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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Residential Exclusive Listing Agreements Act."
+description: "Existing law imposes limitations on various contracts, including by prohibiting a contract or proposed contract for the provision of a consumer service by a licensee regulated by a licensing board from including a provision limiting the consumer's ability to file a complaint with that board or to participate in the board's investigation into the licensee."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 1345"
+citation: "California AB 1345 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Residential Exclusive Listing Agreements Act"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hart"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-10-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc9b3502-da45-48df-b769-7c36ff950d59"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1345"
+source_hash: "5f79de8f7d7b12c49751f6a5aa2fc632c632191873d5c04e5854f4a7f5cc2829"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 1345 (20232024) — Residential Exclusive Listing Agreements Act.
+
+Existing law imposes limitations on various contracts, including by prohibiting a contract or proposed contract for the provision of a consumer service by a licensee regulated by a licensing board from including a provision limiting the consumer's ability to file a complaint with that board or to participate in the board's investigation into the licensee.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1345&version=20230AB134599INT)
+2. **04/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1345&version=20230AB134598AMD)
+3. **06/29/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1345&version=20230AB134597AMD)
+4. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1345&version=20230AB134596AMD)
+5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1345&version=20230AB134594CHP)
+6. **AB1345** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1345)
+7. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1345&version=20230AB134595ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB1345 Hart et al. By Rubio — **30–6** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1345 Hart Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1345 Hart Assembly Third Reading — **64–1** (pass) · lower
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hart — primary (person)
+- McCarty — coauthor (person)
+- Wilson — author (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
+- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2023-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 1. Page 1591.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-31** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2560.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
+- **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3268.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 577, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc9b3502-da45-48df-b769-7c36ff950d59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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