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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real estate applicants and licensees: education requirements: fair housing and implicit bias training."
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description: "Existing law, the Real Estate Law, establishes the Department of Real Estate, with the Real Estate Commissioner as its chief officer, and sets forth the powers and duties of the commissioner relating to the licensure and regulation of real estate brokers and salespersons. Existing law requires an applicant for an original real estate broker license examination to successfully complete courses of study in specified subjects, including real estate practice, legal aspects of real estate, and real estate appraisal. Existing law specifies each of these courses to be a 3-semester unit course. Existing law also requires an applicant for a real estate salesperson license examination or for both the examination and license to successfully complete courses of study in specified subjects, including real estate principles and real estate practice. Existing law requires a licensee to successfully complete 45 hours of continuing education as a prerequisite to initial license renewal, including, among other things, a 3-hour course in fair housing. For subsequent renewals, the law requires a licensee to complete 45 hours of continuing education, including an 8-hour update survey course."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 263"
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citation: "California SB 263 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Real estate applicants and licensees: education requirements: fair housing and implicit bias training."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2021-01-27"
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last_action: "2021-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2780e09b-7051-4f60-81c1-640428797e65"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB263"
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source_hash: "1df9fe35d32fbd10304c64844562db052697d85f1ec812722041ecedf959a383"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 263 (20212022) — Real estate applicants and licensees: education requirements: fair housing and implicit bias training.
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Existing law, the Real Estate Law, establishes the Department of Real Estate, with the Real Estate Commissioner as its chief officer, and sets forth the powers and duties of the commissioner relating to the licensure and regulation of real estate brokers and salespersons. Existing law requires an applicant for an original real estate broker license examination to successfully complete courses of study in specified subjects, including real estate practice, legal aspects of real estate, and real estate appraisal. Existing law specifies each of these courses to be a 3-semester unit course. Existing law also requires an applicant for a real estate salesperson license examination or for both the examination and license to successfully complete courses of study in specified subjects, including real estate principles and real estate practice. Existing law requires a licensee to successfully complete 45 hours of continuing education as a prerequisite to initial license renewal, including, among other things, a 3-hour course in fair housing. For subsequent renewals, the law requires a licensee to complete 45 hours of continuing education, including an 8-hour update survey course.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/27/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB263&version=20210SB26399INT)
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2. **06/28/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB263&version=20210SB26398AMD)
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3. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB263&version=20210SB26397AMD)
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4. **09/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB263&version=20210SB26395CHP)
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5. **SB263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB263)
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6. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB263&version=20210SB26396ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB263 Rubio et al. Concurrence — **35–3** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB263 Rubio et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–1** (pass) · upper
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- SB 263 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Cristina Garcia — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rubio — primary (person)
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- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
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- Caballero — coauthor (person)
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- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-27** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-01-28** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 27.
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- **2021-02-03** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-03-02** Set for hearing March 8.
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- **2021-03-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1. Page 405.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-12** Set for hearing March 22.
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- **2021-03-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2021-03-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-04-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 912.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-14** July 14 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2913.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 2554.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2021-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 361, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2780e09b-7051-4f60-81c1-640428797e65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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