HB 2655 Summary

• Permits real estate salesperson and broker applicants to complete prelicensure education courses online through certified schools, though examinations must be completed in person.

• Adds "online course" definition to real estate licensing statutes and establishes ninety-day approval timeline for online prelicensure courses (compared to thirty days for live classroom courses).

• Requires online courses to provide student participation, feedback, and remedial instruction capabilities, with approval valid for at least four years if content remains current.

• Makes various grammatical and technical corrections to Arizona Revised Statutes sections governing real estate licensing, including standardizing terminology and updating definitions.

• Effective December 31, 2018.