As a reminder to licensees, Senate Bill 263 (SB 263), which amended the continuing education requirements for real estate
licensees, becomes effective January 1, 2023.
All licensees with a license expiration date on or after January 1, 2023, and those renewing on a late basis after January 1, 2023, will need to complete a new two-hour course on implicit bias training. In addition, the current required three hour course in fair housing must now include an interactive component and the survey course for subsequent license renewals will be nine hours, rather than eight, to allow for the additional implicit bias training.
SB 263 did not increase the overall required 45 hours of continuing education (CE), nor did it change the required 18 hours of CE courses in the consumer protection category. Brokers renewing for the first time will be required to complete five separate three-hour CE courses in ethics, agency, trust fund handling, risk management, management and supervision, as well as a three-hour course in fair housing that includes an interactive participatory component, along with the new two hour course in implicit bias training as part of their 45 hours.
Changes Coming to Continuing Education Requirements in January 2023 Salespersons renewing for the first time will be required to complete four separate three-hour CE courses in ethics, agency, trust fund handling, and risk management, and a three-hour course in fair housing, which must include an interactive participatory component, as well as the new two hour course in implicit bias training as part of their 45 hours.
For subsequent renewals, all licensees whose license expires on or after January 1, 2023, or who renew on a late basis after January 1, 2023, will need to complete either a nine-hour CE survey course that covers the mandatory subjects or individual CE courses in all of those mandatory subjects as part of their 45 hours.
