Existing law, the Real Estate Law, defines real estate brokers and salespersons and provides for their licensure and regulation, the administration of which is committed to the Real Estate Commissioner. Existing law, as of July 1, 2018, removed the Bureau of Real Estate from the Department of Consumer Affairs and instead made it a department within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and renamed the bureau to the Department of Real Estate.
California SB 800 (20212022) — Real estate: licenses.
Existing law, the Real Estate Law, defines real estate brokers and salespersons and provides for their licensure and regulation, the administration of which is committed to the Real Estate Commissioner. Existing law, as of July 1, 2018, removed the Bureau of Real Estate from the Department of Consumer Affairs and instead made it a department within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and renamed the bureau to the Department of Real Estate.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2021-03-11 Set for hearing April 19.
2021-04-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 841.) (April 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-27 May 3 hearing postponed by committee.
2021-04-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
2021-05-04 May 10 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2021-05-07 Set for hearing May 17.
2021-05-17 May 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-18 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1204.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-24 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1348.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-06-17 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2021-06-17 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
2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2695.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-02 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3
2021-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
2021-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3013.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2613.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2021-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 431, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/598e6fb2-6335-4331-9a80-f601866bd72d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).