CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5378
Chapter 288, Laws of 2021
67th Legislature
2021 Regular Session
REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND MANAGING BROKERS—CONTINUING EDUCATION
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2022
Passed by the Senate April 15, 2021 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 36 Nays 12
I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of
the Senate of the State of
DENNY HECK Washington, do hereby certify that
President of the Senate the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE
BILL 5378 as passed by the Senate
and the House of Representatives on
the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the House April 10, 2021
Yeas 85 Nays 12
BRAD HENDRICKSON
LAURIE JINKINS Secretary
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Approved May 12, 2021 3:09 PM FILED
May 12, 2021
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5378
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2021 Regular Session
State of Washington 67th Legislature 2021 Regular Session
By Senate Business, Financial Services & Trade (originally sponsored
by Senators Das, Nobles, Hasegawa, Lovelett, Randall, Saldaña, and
Wilson, C.)
READ FIRST TIME 02/12/21.
1 AN ACT Relating to real estate brokers and managing brokers
2 license renewal requirements; amending RCW 18.85.211 and 18.85.101;
3 and providing an effective date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5 Sec. 1. RCW 18.85.211 and 2008 c 23 s 22 are each amended to
6 read as follows:
7 (1) All real estate brokers and managing brokers shall furnish
8 proof as prescribed by rule of the director that they have
9 successfully completed at least the required minimum number of
10 ((thirty)) 30 clock hours of instruction every two years in real
11 estate courses approved by the director to renew their licenses. The
12 director may adopt rules to limit the number of hours of distance
13 education courses that may be used for license renewal. Up to
14 ((fifteen)) 15 clock hours of instruction in excess of the required
15 ((thirty)) 30 clock hours acquired within the immediately preceding
16 two-year period may be carried forward for credit in a subsequent
17 two-year period. Examinations shall not be required to fulfill any
18 part of the education requirement in this section.
19 (2) For active license renewals, three hours of the required 30
20 hours of instruction in subsection (1) of this section must be
21 focused on fair housing education and prevention of unfair practices
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 1 with respect to real estate transactions, facilities, or services as
2 specified in RCW 49.60.222. However, active license renewal
3 applicants who did not complete fair housing and consumer protection
4 training as part of the instruction required by RCW 18.85.101 must
5 complete six hours of the required 30 hours of instruction in
6 subsection (1) of this section focused on fair housing education and
7 prevention of unfair practices with respect to real estate
8 transactions, facilities, or services as specified in RCW 49.60.222
9 only for the renewal cycle immediately following June 1, 2022.
10 (3) The department shall provide more specific training concepts
11 within fair housing education by the requirements specified in
12 subsection (2) of this section with the input of associations that
13 represent real estate brokers and agents, the Washington state
14 commission on African American affairs, the Washington state
15 commission on Hispanic affairs, the governor's office of Indian
16 affairs, the Washington state commission on Asian Pacific American
17 affairs, the Washington state human rights commission, the governor's
18 committee on disability issues and employment, the Washington state
19 LGBTQ commission, and the Washington state housing finance
20 commission.
21 Sec. 2. RCW 18.85.101 and 2008 c 23 s 11 are each amended to
22 read as follows:
23 (1) The minimum requirements for an individual to receive a
24 broker's license are that the individual:
25 (a) Is ((eighteen)) 18 years of age or older;
26 (b) Has a high school diploma or its equivalent;
27 (c) Except as provided in RCW 18.85.141, has furnished proof, as
28 the director may require, that the applicant has successfully
29 completed ((ninety)) 90 hours of instruction in real estate.
30 Instruction must include courses as prescribed by the director
31 including fundamentals, which shall include three hours of
32 instruction on fair housing and consumer protection issues, and
33 practices. Each course must be completed within two years before
34 applying for the broker's license examination and be approved by the
35 director. The applicant must pass a course examination, approved by
36 the director for each course used to satisfy the broker's license
37 requirement; and
38 (d) Has passed the broker's license examination.
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 1 (2) The broker's license may be renewed upon completion of
2 continuing education courses and payment of the renewal fee as
3 prescribed by the director. The education requirements for the first
4 renewal of the broker's license must include ((ninety)) 90 hours of
5 courses as prescribed by the director, including real estate law,
6 which shall include three hours of instruction on fair housing and
7 consumer protection issues, advance practices, and continuing
8 education.
9 (3) The broker is licensed to one firm at a time and is
10 supervised by a designated or managing broker.
11 NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. This act takes effect June 1, 2022.
Passed by the Senate April 15, 2021.
Passed by the House April 10, 2021.
Approved by the Governor May 12, 2021.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 12, 2021.
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Statutes affected:
Original Bill: 18.85.211
Substitute Bill: 18.85.211, 18.85.101
Bill as Passed Legislature: 18.85.211, 18.85.101
Session Law: 18.85.211, 18.85.101
Bill: 18.85.211