Existing law, the Real Estate Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate brokers and real estate salespersons by the Real Estate Commissioner and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to temporarily suspend or permanently revoke a real estate license when the licensee has been guilty of generating an inaccurate opinion of the value of residential real property in connection with a certain real estate transaction in order to, among other things, acquire a financial or business advantage that directly results from the inaccurate opinion of value.
California SB 6 (20112012) — Real estate: appraisal and valuation.
Existing law, the Real Estate Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate brokers and real estate salespersons by the Real Estate Commissioner and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to temporarily suspend or permanently revoke a real estate license when the licensee has been guilty of generating an inaccurate opinion of the value of residential real property in connection with a certain real estate transaction in order to, among other things, acquire a financial or business advantage that directly results from the inaccurate opinion of value.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent #3 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
SB 6 Calderon Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Banking and Finance. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Calderon — primary (person)
Vargas — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2010-12-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2010-12-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 6.
2011-01-20 Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2011-02-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-02-24 Set for hearing April 6.
2011-03-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-04-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 579.) (April 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-04-12 Set for hearing May 2.
2011-05-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 847.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
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
2011-05-18 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1064.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-06-02 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and B. & F. referral-committee
2011-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2011-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-09-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2318.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 716, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02de89a8-ee00-4d78-8d41-36aeb5defc15. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).