---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate brokers: corporate officers: designating branch managers."
description: "The Real Estate Law, the willful violation of which is a crime, provides for the regulation and licensure of real estate brokers and real estate salespersons by the Real Estate Commissioner in the Department of Real Estate. Existing law also requires a real estate broker to procure an additional license for each branch office maintained by the broker. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to suspend or revoke a licensee's license for violations of specified requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 510"
citation: "California SB 510 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real estate brokers: corporate officers: designating branch managers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3226e533-a8a8-4eb4-aa94-f33044cdb684"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB510"
source_hash: "4c64e8be9ab48e93812084198e8725897731913593bd42650be744b1808af4ce"
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 SB 510 (20112012) — Real estate brokers: corporate officers: designating branch managers.

The Real Estate Law, the willful violation of which is a crime, provides for the regulation and licensure of real estate brokers and real estate salespersons by the Real Estate Commissioner in the Department of Real Estate. Existing law also requires a real estate broker to procure an additional license for each branch office maintained by the broker. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to suspend or revoke a licensee's license for violations of specified requirements.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB510&version=20110SB51099INT)
2. **05/04/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB510&version=20110SB51098AMD)
3. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB510&version=20110SB51096CHP)
4. **SB510** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB510)
5. **08/26/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB510&version=20110SB51097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Banking and Financial Institution. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 510 Correa Senate Third Reading By PEREA — **65–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Banking and Finance to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and B. & F.I. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & F.I. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 616.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 785.) (April 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1173.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (July 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 12. Page 2579.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-25** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 709, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3226e533-a8a8-4eb4-aa94-f33044cdb684`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).