Senate Bill 5378 - State of Washington 67th Legislature (2021 Regular Session)

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Senate Bill 5378 of the State of Washington 67th Legislature, 2021 Regular Session, is a bill by Senators Das, Nobles, Hasegawa, Lovelett, Randall, Saldaña, and Wilson, C., read first time January 29, 2021 and referred to the Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade. The act relates to real estate brokers and managing brokers license renewal requirements and amends RCW 18.85.211. It requires proof of the required minimum of 30 clock hours of instruction every two years, and provides that six hours of the required 30 must be focused on fair housing education and prevention of unfair practices. The department is to provide more specific training concepts within fair housing education with input of the associations and commissions the bill lists.

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                               SENATE BILL 5378


     State of Washington       67th Legislature        2021 Regular Session

     By Senators Das, Nobles, Hasegawa, Lovelett, Randall, Saldaña, and
     Wilson, C.

     Read first time 01/29/21.      Referred   to   Committee   on   Business,
     Financial Services & Trade.




 1       AN ACT Relating to real estate brokers and managing          brokers
 2   license renewal requirements; and amending RCW 18.85.211.


 3   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:


 4       Sec. 1.   RCW 18.85.211 and 2008 c 23 s 22 are each amended to
 5   read as follows:
 6       (1) All real estate brokers and managing brokers shall furnish
 7   proof as prescribed by rule of the director that they have
 8   successfully completed at least the required minimum number of
 9   ((thirty)) 30 clock hours of instruction every two years in real
10   estate courses approved by the director to renew their licenses. The
11   director may adopt rules to limit the number of hours of distance
12   education courses that may be used for license renewal. Up to
13   ((fifteen)) 15 clock hours of instruction in excess of the required
14   ((thirty)) 30 clock hours acquired within the immediately preceding
15   two-year period may be carried forward for credit in a subsequent
16   two-year period. Examinations shall not be required to fulfill any
17   part of the education requirement in this section.
18       (2) Of the required 30 hours of instruction in subsection (1) of
19   this section, six hours of instruction must be focused on fair
20   housing education and prevention of unfair practices with respect to


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 1   real estate transactions, facilities, or services as specified in RCW
 2   49.60.222.
 3       (3) The department shall provide more specific training concepts
 4   within fair housing education by the requirements specified in
 5   subsection (2) of this section with the input of associations that
 6   represent real estate brokers and agents, the Washington state
 7   commission on African American affairs, the Washington state
 8   commission on Hispanic affairs, the governor's office of Indian
 9   affairs, the Washington state commission on Asian Pacific American
10   affairs, the Washington state human rights commission, the governor's
11   committee on disability issues and employment, the Washington state
12   LGBTQ   commission,  and   the  Washington   state   housing  finance
13   commission.

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