republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-345.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate licensees: continuing education requirements."
description: "The Real Estate Law provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate brokers and salespersons by the Real Estate Commissioner. The law requires a salesperson to be supervised by a responsible broker, as defined, and allows an employing broker or corporate designated broker officer to appoint a licensee as a manager of a branch office or division of a real estate business if specified requirements are met. The law requires a licensee to successfully complete 45 hours of continuing education as a prerequisite to license renewal, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 345"
citation: "California AB 345 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real estate licensees: continuing education requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frazier"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-13"
last_action: "2015-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a09994b-e348-4ace-99b6-ba7641ded831"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB345"
source_hash: "e359ce9591792308642aaf6cf98ecce97e07f49dba06256608862282eeb147b9"
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 345 (20152016) — Real estate licensees: continuing education requirements.

The Real Estate Law provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate brokers and salespersons by the Real Estate Commissioner. The law requires a salesperson to be supervised by a responsible broker, as defined, and allows an employing broker or corporate designated broker officer to appoint a licensee as a manager of a branch office or division of a real estate business if specified requirements are met. The law requires a licensee to successfully complete 45 hours of continuing education as a prerequisite to license renewal, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB345&version=20150AB34599INT)
2. **03/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB345&version=20150AB34598AMD)
3. **07/13/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB345&version=20150AB34596CHP)
4. **AB345** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB345)
5. **06/29/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB345&version=20150AB34597ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB345 Frazier By Galgiani — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 345 FRAZIER Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frazier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2015-02-23** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** 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`
- **2015-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1347.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-21** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1617.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-25** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-07-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2015-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 68, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a09994b-e348-4ace-99b6-ba7641ded831`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).