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HB0700 • 2026

Real Estate Agents and Brokers

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 62, Chapter 13, relative to real estate broker licenses.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Burkhart, Reeves
Last action
2025-04-08
Official status
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 122
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on the requirement for original license holders to complete 120 classroom hours within three years, so this claim was removed.

Real Estate License Changes

This bill changes Tennessee's real estate licensing rules to exempt certain brokers from continuing education requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the effective date of the law to January 1, 2026.
  • Exempts real estate brokers who were licensed before January 1, 2005 and do not supervise other brokers from needing additional training every two years.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Real estate brokers in Tennessee who were licensed before January 1, 2005 and do not supervise other brokers.

Terms To Know

Continuing Education
Ongoing training required by law to keep professional licenses valid.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if an exempt broker starts supervising other brokers.
  • It is unclear how many current real estate brokers will be affected by this change.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to HB0700

Plain English: The amendment changes when a new law about real estate broker licenses will start.

  • Changes the effective date of the bill from the day it is signed into law to January 1, 2026.
  • The original text does not specify the current effective date, so we only know that the new effective date will be January 1, 2026.
Amendment 1-0 to SB0886

Plain English: The amendment changes when a certain law will take effect.

  • Changes the effective date of the bill to January 1, 2026.
  • The amendment does not provide details about why this specific date is chosen.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 122

  2. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 01/01/2026

  3. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 122

  4. 2025-04-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

  6. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  7. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  8. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

  9. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  10. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  11. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 1, PNV 6

  12. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0128)

  13. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  14. 2025-03-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025

  15. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/20/2025

  16. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

  17. 2025-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  18. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  19. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0

  20. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0066)

  21. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/19/2025

  22. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/19/2025

  23. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/13/2025

  24. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/12/2025

  25. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee

  26. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 1

  27. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/5/2025

  28. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  29. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/4/2025

  30. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/4/2025

  31. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/4/2025

  32. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  33. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/25/2025

  34. 2025-02-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  35. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  36. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee

  37. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  38. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee

  39. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  40. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  41. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

ON MARCH 1
3, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 886, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT # changes the effective date of the bill from upon becoming a law to January 1, 2026.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL 886
By Reeves

HOUSE BILL 700
By Burkhart

HB0700
002857
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 62,
Chapter 13, relative to real estate broker licenses.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-13-303, is amended by deleting
subsection (h) and substituting:
(h)
(1) Within a period of three (3) years from the date of issuance of an
original broker's license, the licensee shall, as a requisite for the reissuance of
the license, furnish certification of satisfactory completion of an additional one
hundred twenty (120) classroom hours in real estate at any school, college, or
university approved by the commission.
(2) Beginning with the license period immediately following the license
period in which the licensee completes the one hundred twenty (120) hours of
education specified in subdivision (h)(1), and except as provided in subdivision
(h)(3), every two (2) years, a broker's licensee shall furnish certification of
satisfactory completion of sixteen (16) classroom hours in real estate courses at
any school, college, or university approved by the commission as a requisite for
the reissuance of the license.
(3) A broker licensee who was originally licensed prior to January 1,
2005, and does not supervise any affiliate brokers is exempt from the
requirement in subdivision (h)(2).
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.