republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1650.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate licensees: advertisements."
description: "Existing law, the Real Estate Law, governs the licensing and regulation of real estate licensees, as defined, as administered by the Real Estate Commissioner. Under those provisions, a real estate licensee is prohibited from publishing, circulating, distributing, or causing to be published, circulated, or distributed in any newspaper or periodical, or by mail, any matter pertaining to any activity for which a real estate license is required that does not contain a designation disclosing that the licensee is performing acts for which a real estate license is required. Existing law further requires a real estate licensee to include his or her license identification number and, if that licensee is a mortgage loan originator, the unique identifier assigned to that licensee, on the above-described circulations, distributions, publications, or mailings, on all solicitation materials, as described, and on all real property agreements when acting as an agent in those transactions. Existing law authorizes the Real Estate Commissioner to adopt regulations in that regard."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1650"
citation: "California AB 1650 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real estate licensees: advertisements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frazier"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-01-12"
last_action: "2016-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f573a84-5082-4858-b4c8-ed1d85bbea0d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1650"
source_hash: "fe42bf322b90715365c1a06310155e93742603ef48906ae2eec92288bb093e71"
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 1650 (20152016) — Real estate licensees: advertisements.

Existing law, the Real Estate Law, governs the licensing and regulation of real estate licensees, as defined, as administered by the Real Estate Commissioner. Under those provisions, a real estate licensee is prohibited from publishing, circulating, distributing, or causing to be published, circulated, or distributed in any newspaper or periodical, or by mail, any matter pertaining to any activity for which a real estate license is required that does not contain a designation disclosing that the licensee is performing acts for which a real estate license is required. Existing law further requires a real estate licensee to include his or her license identification number and, if that licensee is a mortgage loan originator, the unique identifier assigned to that licensee, on the above-described circulations, distributions, publications, or mailings, on all solicitation materials, as described, and on all real property agreements when acting as an agent in those transactions. Existing law authorizes the Real Estate Commissioner to adopt regulations in that regard.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/12/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1650&version=20150AB165099INT)
2. **02/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1650&version=20150AB165098AMD)
3. **03/28/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1650&version=20150AB165097AMD)
4. **06/08/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1650&version=20150AB165096AMD)
5. **08/19/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1650&version=20150AB165094CHP)
6. **AB1650** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1650)
7. **08/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1650&version=20150AB165095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1650 FRAZIER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1650 FRAZIER Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frazier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-13** From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
- **2016-02-04** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4461.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4649.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5697.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 142, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f573a84-5082-4858-b4c8-ed1d85bbea0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).