republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-146.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate licensees: fictitious business names: team names."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate brokers and real estate salespersons by the Bureau of Real Estate headed by the Real Estate Commissioner. Existing law requires an applicant who desires to have his or her license issued under a fictitious business name to file with his or her application a certified copy of his or her fictitious business name statement. Existing law authorizes a responsible broker, as defined, by contract, to permit a salesperson to apply for a fictitious business name with the appropriate county, and to maintain ownership of a fictitious business name. Existing law defines a team name and provides, for purposes of the provisions described above, that a team name is not a fictitious business name if specified criteria apply."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "California SB 146 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real estate licensees: fictitious business names: team names."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2015-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adaf0b02-a9e8-4a94-bc1c-7ae6a38b9077"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB146"
source_hash: "c4e11e1d1d7a3249b2205e5622d0ca9fe3cff090ec880c0dd76747ee92edfe01"
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 146 (20152016) — Real estate licensees: fictitious business names: team names.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate brokers and real estate salespersons by the Bureau of Real Estate headed by the Real Estate Commissioner. Existing law requires an applicant who desires to have his or her license issued under a fictitious business name to file with his or her application a certified copy of his or her fictitious business name statement. Existing law authorizes a responsible broker, as defined, by contract, to permit a salesperson to apply for a fictitious business name with the appropriate county, and to maintain ownership of a fictitious business name. Existing law defines a team name and provides, for purposes of the provisions described above, that a team name is not a fictitious business name if specified criteria apply.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/28/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB146&version=20150SB14699INT)
2. **03/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB146&version=20150SB14698AMD)
3. **06/18/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB146&version=20150SB14697AMD)
4. **07/16/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB146&version=20150SB14695CHP)
5. **SB146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB146)
6. **07/07/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB146&version=20150SB14696ENR)

## Votes

- SB 146 Galgiani Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #4 (Urgency Clause) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd (Urgency Clause) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)
- Gatto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-28** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-01-29** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
- **2015-02-19** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2015-03-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 506.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 533.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-15** June 16 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-23** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2178.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-07-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-07-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1790.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2015-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 129, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adaf0b02-a9e8-4a94-bc1c-7ae6a38b9077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).