California 2021 2021-2022 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB948 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/17/2021

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 948Introduced by Assembly Member HoldenFebruary 17, 2021 An act to amend Section 11360 of, and to add Section 11310.3 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 948, as introduced, Holden. Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers: demographic information: reporting: continuing education.Existing law, the Real Estate Appraisers Licensing and Certification Law, creates a Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers within the Department of Consumer Affairs to administer and enforce that law. Existing law requires the protection of the public to be the highest priority for the bureau in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.This bill would require the bureau to collect and compile specified demographic information regarding sellers in real estate transactions and homeowners that file complaints based on low appraisals and report that information to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2024.Existing law requires the Chief of the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to adopt regulations governing the process and procedures for renewal of a license, including, but not limited to, continuing education requirements.This bill would require that those continuing education requirements include 5 hours of elimination of bias training.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11310.3 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:11310.3. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to ensure that no one is discriminated against during the appraisal process of a real estate transaction. (b) The bureau shall collect demographic information regarding sellers in real estate transactions, including, but not limited to, their age, gender, race, and ethnicity.(c) The bureau shall compile data on the race or other protected class of the homeowners that file complaints based on low appraisals.(d) (1) On or before July 1, 2024, the bureau shall report to the Legislature in the aggregate the information collected and compiled pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c).(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.SEC. 2. Section 11360 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:11360. (a) (1) The director shall adopt regulations governing the process and procedures for renewal of a license which that shall include, but not be limited to, continuing education requirements, which shall be reported on the basis of four-year continuing education cycles.(2) The continuing education requirement shall include five hours of elimination of bias training.(b) An applicant for renewal of a license shall be required to demonstrate his or her the applicants continuing fitness to hold a license prior to its renewal. Applicants shall also fulfill continuing education requirements established pursuant to this section and shall be required to take a minimum of four hours of federal and California appraisal related statutory and regulatory law every four years.(c)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2013.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 948Introduced by Assembly Member HoldenFebruary 17, 2021 An act to amend Section 11360 of, and to add Section 11310.3 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 948, as introduced, Holden. Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers: demographic information: reporting: continuing education.Existing law, the Real Estate Appraisers Licensing and Certification Law, creates a Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers within the Department of Consumer Affairs to administer and enforce that law. Existing law requires the protection of the public to be the highest priority for the bureau in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.This bill would require the bureau to collect and compile specified demographic information regarding sellers in real estate transactions and homeowners that file complaints based on low appraisals and report that information to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2024.Existing law requires the Chief of the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to adopt regulations governing the process and procedures for renewal of a license, including, but not limited to, continuing education requirements.This bill would require that those continuing education requirements include 5 hours of elimination of bias training.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 948

Introduced by Assembly Member HoldenFebruary 17, 2021

Introduced by Assembly Member Holden
February 17, 2021

 An act to amend Section 11360 of, and to add Section 11310.3 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 948, as introduced, Holden. Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers: demographic information: reporting: continuing education.

Existing law, the Real Estate Appraisers Licensing and Certification Law, creates a Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers within the Department of Consumer Affairs to administer and enforce that law. Existing law requires the protection of the public to be the highest priority for the bureau in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.This bill would require the bureau to collect and compile specified demographic information regarding sellers in real estate transactions and homeowners that file complaints based on low appraisals and report that information to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2024.Existing law requires the Chief of the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to adopt regulations governing the process and procedures for renewal of a license, including, but not limited to, continuing education requirements.This bill would require that those continuing education requirements include 5 hours of elimination of bias training.

Existing law, the Real Estate Appraisers Licensing and Certification Law, creates a Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers within the Department of Consumer Affairs to administer and enforce that law. Existing law requires the protection of the public to be the highest priority for the bureau in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.

This bill would require the bureau to collect and compile specified demographic information regarding sellers in real estate transactions and homeowners that file complaints based on low appraisals and report that information to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2024.

Existing law requires the Chief of the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to adopt regulations governing the process and procedures for renewal of a license, including, but not limited to, continuing education requirements.

This bill would require that those continuing education requirements include 5 hours of elimination of bias training.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11310.3 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:11310.3. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to ensure that no one is discriminated against during the appraisal process of a real estate transaction. (b) The bureau shall collect demographic information regarding sellers in real estate transactions, including, but not limited to, their age, gender, race, and ethnicity.(c) The bureau shall compile data on the race or other protected class of the homeowners that file complaints based on low appraisals.(d) (1) On or before July 1, 2024, the bureau shall report to the Legislature in the aggregate the information collected and compiled pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c).(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.SEC. 2. Section 11360 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:11360. (a) (1) The director shall adopt regulations governing the process and procedures for renewal of a license which that shall include, but not be limited to, continuing education requirements, which shall be reported on the basis of four-year continuing education cycles.(2) The continuing education requirement shall include five hours of elimination of bias training.(b) An applicant for renewal of a license shall be required to demonstrate his or her the applicants continuing fitness to hold a license prior to its renewal. Applicants shall also fulfill continuing education requirements established pursuant to this section and shall be required to take a minimum of four hours of federal and California appraisal related statutory and regulatory law every four years.(c)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2013.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 11310.3 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:11310.3. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to ensure that no one is discriminated against during the appraisal process of a real estate transaction. (b) The bureau shall collect demographic information regarding sellers in real estate transactions, including, but not limited to, their age, gender, race, and ethnicity.(c) The bureau shall compile data on the race or other protected class of the homeowners that file complaints based on low appraisals.(d) (1) On or before July 1, 2024, the bureau shall report to the Legislature in the aggregate the information collected and compiled pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c).(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

SECTION 1. Section 11310.3 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

11310.3. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to ensure that no one is discriminated against during the appraisal process of a real estate transaction. (b) The bureau shall collect demographic information regarding sellers in real estate transactions, including, but not limited to, their age, gender, race, and ethnicity.(c) The bureau shall compile data on the race or other protected class of the homeowners that file complaints based on low appraisals.(d) (1) On or before July 1, 2024, the bureau shall report to the Legislature in the aggregate the information collected and compiled pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c).(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

11310.3. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to ensure that no one is discriminated against during the appraisal process of a real estate transaction. (b) The bureau shall collect demographic information regarding sellers in real estate transactions, including, but not limited to, their age, gender, race, and ethnicity.(c) The bureau shall compile data on the race or other protected class of the homeowners that file complaints based on low appraisals.(d) (1) On or before July 1, 2024, the bureau shall report to the Legislature in the aggregate the information collected and compiled pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c).(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

11310.3. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to ensure that no one is discriminated against during the appraisal process of a real estate transaction. (b) The bureau shall collect demographic information regarding sellers in real estate transactions, including, but not limited to, their age, gender, race, and ethnicity.(c) The bureau shall compile data on the race or other protected class of the homeowners that file complaints based on low appraisals.(d) (1) On or before July 1, 2024, the bureau shall report to the Legislature in the aggregate the information collected and compiled pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c).(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.



11310.3. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to ensure that no one is discriminated against during the appraisal process of a real estate transaction. 

(b) The bureau shall collect demographic information regarding sellers in real estate transactions, including, but not limited to, their age, gender, race, and ethnicity.

(c) The bureau shall compile data on the race or other protected class of the homeowners that file complaints based on low appraisals.

(d) (1) On or before July 1, 2024, the bureau shall report to the Legislature in the aggregate the information collected and compiled pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c).

(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

SEC. 2. Section 11360 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:11360. (a) (1) The director shall adopt regulations governing the process and procedures for renewal of a license which that shall include, but not be limited to, continuing education requirements, which shall be reported on the basis of four-year continuing education cycles.(2) The continuing education requirement shall include five hours of elimination of bias training.(b) An applicant for renewal of a license shall be required to demonstrate his or her the applicants continuing fitness to hold a license prior to its renewal. Applicants shall also fulfill continuing education requirements established pursuant to this section and shall be required to take a minimum of four hours of federal and California appraisal related statutory and regulatory law every four years.(c)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2013.

SEC. 2. Section 11360 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

### SEC. 2.

11360. (a) (1) The director shall adopt regulations governing the process and procedures for renewal of a license which that shall include, but not be limited to, continuing education requirements, which shall be reported on the basis of four-year continuing education cycles.(2) The continuing education requirement shall include five hours of elimination of bias training.(b) An applicant for renewal of a license shall be required to demonstrate his or her the applicants continuing fitness to hold a license prior to its renewal. Applicants shall also fulfill continuing education requirements established pursuant to this section and shall be required to take a minimum of four hours of federal and California appraisal related statutory and regulatory law every four years.(c)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2013.

11360. (a) (1) The director shall adopt regulations governing the process and procedures for renewal of a license which that shall include, but not be limited to, continuing education requirements, which shall be reported on the basis of four-year continuing education cycles.(2) The continuing education requirement shall include five hours of elimination of bias training.(b) An applicant for renewal of a license shall be required to demonstrate his or her the applicants continuing fitness to hold a license prior to its renewal. Applicants shall also fulfill continuing education requirements established pursuant to this section and shall be required to take a minimum of four hours of federal and California appraisal related statutory and regulatory law every four years.(c)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2013.

11360. (a) (1) The director shall adopt regulations governing the process and procedures for renewal of a license which that shall include, but not be limited to, continuing education requirements, which shall be reported on the basis of four-year continuing education cycles.(2) The continuing education requirement shall include five hours of elimination of bias training.(b) An applicant for renewal of a license shall be required to demonstrate his or her the applicants continuing fitness to hold a license prior to its renewal. Applicants shall also fulfill continuing education requirements established pursuant to this section and shall be required to take a minimum of four hours of federal and California appraisal related statutory and regulatory law every four years.(c)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2013.



11360. (a) (1) The director shall adopt regulations governing the process and procedures for renewal of a license which that shall include, but not be limited to, continuing education requirements, which shall be reported on the basis of four-year continuing education cycles.

(2) The continuing education requirement shall include five hours of elimination of bias training.

(b) An applicant for renewal of a license shall be required to demonstrate his or her the applicants continuing fitness to hold a license prior to its renewal. Applicants shall also fulfill continuing education requirements established pursuant to this section and shall be required to take a minimum of four hours of federal and California appraisal related statutory and regulatory law every four years.

(c)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2013.