2025 bills / H.B. 419
H.B. 419 Real Estate Revisions (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill changes how the Division of Real Estate investigates licensees, including how long records must be kept and what documents it can request. It guides how the Real Estate Commission sets discipline, defines advertising terms, changes when a brokerage's name must appear in ads, and says certain principal broker conduct does not create a buyer agency relationship.
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Official description
- amends provisions related to the Division of Real Estate's (division) authority to investigate licensees, including time periods for retention of certain documents, and the division's ability to request documents
- provides guidance on the determination of disciplinary actions taken by the Real Estate Commission
- defines terms related to advertising practices
- provides that certain conduct by a principal broker does not created an agency relationship with a buyer
- amends provisions related to the inclusion of the brokerage's name being included in an advertisement or through a link requiring only one click
- makes technical changes
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Every vote
- 10 yes, 0 no, 6 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: Amendment Recommendation · 2/25/2025 6:27 PMWho voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 6 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to approve it · 2/25/2025 6:27 PMWho voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 6 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: Consent Calendar Recommendation · 2/25/2025 6:28 PMWho voted how
- 65 yes, 0 no, 10 absentFinal House vote · 2/28/2025 10:36 AMWho voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Business and Labor Committee: vote to approve it · 3/3/2025 4:18 PMWho voted how
- 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · 3/7/2025 11:05 PMWho voted how