republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2745.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate broker's license."
description: "Existing law, the Real Estate Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate salespersons and real estate brokers. Under existing law, the Real Estate Commissioner may issue a real estate broker's license to an applicant who has at least the equivalent of 2 years' general real estate experience, files a written petition with the Department of Real Estate, which is approved by the commissioner, setting forth their qualifications and experience, and passes an examination and satisfies other requirements. Existing law authorizes the commissioner, in considering a petition, to treat a degree from a 4-year college or university, with a major or minor in real estate, as the equivalent of 2 years' general real estate experience."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2745"
citation: "California AB 2745 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real estate broker's license."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f78bc27-e9ec-4fba-a103-d8b1eee54764"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2745"
source_hash: "994298594bfec4359cae425f0504074bbc64901a143b133123d3e21cb87b4e87"
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 AB 2745 (20212022) — Real estate broker's license.

Existing law, the Real Estate Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate salespersons and real estate brokers. Under existing law, the Real Estate Commissioner may issue a real estate broker's license to an applicant who has at least the equivalent of 2 years' general real estate experience, files a written petition with the Department of Real Estate, which is approved by the commissioner, setting forth their qualifications and experience, and passes an examination and satisfies other requirements. Existing law authorizes the commissioner, in considering a petition, to treat a degree from a 4-year college or university, with a major or minor in real estate, as the equivalent of 2 years' general real estate experience.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2745&version=20210AB274599INT)
2. **06/02/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2745&version=20210AB274598AMD)
3. **08/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2745&version=20210AB274596CHP)
4. **AB2745** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2745)
5. **08/12/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2745&version=20210AB274597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB2745 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2745 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2745 Irwin Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-17** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4710.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4683.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5813.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 162, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f78bc27-e9ec-4fba-a103-d8b1eee54764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).