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type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate licensees: fictitious business names: team names."
description: "The Real Estate 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. That law requires advertising and solicitation materials using a fictitious business name or that contain a team name to display the responsible broker's identity, as provided. Existing law defines \"responsible broker's identity\" to mean a name and the associated license identification number under which the responsible broker is currently licensed and conducts business in general or is a substantial division of the real estate firm, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 710"
citation: "California SB 710 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real estate licensees: fictitious business names: team names."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2016-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cb6920f-1d0b-4e3f-9a17-88b2ad390e4b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB710"
source_hash: "65d92ec1f7b733e83234680df74a28b1592baabf157c08151825a19020151a84"
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 710 (20152016) — Real estate licensees: fictitious business names: team names.
The Real Estate 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. That law requires advertising and solicitation materials using a fictitious business name or that contain a team name to display the responsible broker's identity, as provided. Existing law defines "responsible broker's identity" to mean a name and the associated license identification number under which the responsible broker is currently licensed and conducts business in general or is a substantial division of the real estate firm, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB710&version=20150SB71099INT)
2. **02/09/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB710&version=20150SB71094AMD)
3. **05/12/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB710&version=20150SB71098AMD)
4. **05/19/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB710&version=20150SB71097AMD)
5. **05/28/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB710&version=20150SB71096AMD)
6. **06/09/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB710&version=20150SB71093AMD)
7. **06/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB710&version=20150SB71095AMD)
8. **08/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB710&version=20150SB71091CHP)
9. **SB710** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB710)
10. **08/12/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB710&version=20150SB71092ENR)
## Votes
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB710 Galgiani Urgency Clause Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 710 Galgiani Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Galgiani — primary (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- Gomez — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2015-05-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 920.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-19** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2015-05-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-19** (Corrected May 20).
- **2015-05-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1242.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-30** July 1 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-07-07** July 15 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-02-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-01** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-09** 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`
- **2016-06-21** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5598.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4878.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2016-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 224, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cb6920f-1d0b-4e3f-9a17-88b2ad390e4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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