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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO REAL ESTATE LICENSES."
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description: "Requires a high school education or its equivalent as a condition for new applicants to obtain a license as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson. Effective 7/1/2020. (CD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2019 Regular Session"
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identifier: "SB 770"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 770 (2019 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Real Estate Licenses", "Prerequisites", "High School Education or Equivalent"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["BAKER", "Fevella", "L. Thielen", "Nishihara", "S. Chang", "Shimabukuro", "Wakai"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-01-18"
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last_action: "2019-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9e196a1-cd33-4d34-8fb6-9edc1eb30fe7"
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source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=770&year=2019"
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source_hash: "beeac38c6b218a497a5840cab689e7770130bb1eccd4603670859b7818718505"
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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-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii SB 770 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO REAL ESTATE LICENSES.
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Requires a high school education or its equivalent as a condition for new applicants to obtain a license as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson. Effective 7/1/2020. (CD1)
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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. **SB770** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB770_.HTM)
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2. **SB770_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB770_CD1_.HTM)
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3. **SB770_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB770_HD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **2–0** (pass) · lower
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- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- BAKER — primary (person)
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- Fevella — primary (person)
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- L. Thielen — primary (person)
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- Nishihara — primary (person)
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- S. Chang — primary (person)
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- Shimabukuro — primary (person)
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- Wakai — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-18** Introduced. `introduction`
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- **2019-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Referred to CPH. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-15** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-21-19 9:00AM in conference room 229.
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- **2019-02-21** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara, Ruderman, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-28** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 754) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2019-02-28** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
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- **2019-02-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
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- **2019-03-05** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2019-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 241) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
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- **2019-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-07** Referred to IAC, CPC, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by IAC on Tuesday, 03-19-19 9:00AM in House conference room 430.
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- **2019-03-19** The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, D. Kobayashi, Gates, Kong, Nishimoto, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Reported from IAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1633) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
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- **2019-03-22** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Yamane excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 03-28-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
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- **2019-03-28** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Belatti, Cachola, Har, Kong, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1930), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2019-04-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Saiki, Todd, Yamane excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2019-04-03** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 531). `introduction`
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- **2019-04-03** Deferred One Day 04-04-19.
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- **2019-04-04** Deferred One Day 04-05-19.
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- **2019-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
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- **2019-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 685).
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- **2019-04-12** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; S. Chang, Fevella.
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- **2019-04-12** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 899).
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- **2019-04-24** House Conferees Appointed: Ohno, Takumi Co-Chairs; McDermott.
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- **2019-04-24** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 858).
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- **2019-04-24** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-19 1:15PM in conference room 229.
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- **2019-04-25** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, Takumi; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
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- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 60).
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- **2019-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
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- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 60) as amended in (CD 1).
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- **2019-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
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- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
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- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) J.Keohokalole, Kim, Moriwaki . 3 No(es): Senator(s) Ihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen. 0 Excused: none.
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- **2019-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
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- **2019-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
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- **2019-05-06** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-09** Act 246, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348). `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-09** Act 246, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348). `executive-signature`
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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/f9e196a1-cd33-4d34-8fb6-9edc1eb30fe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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