HB5167 Summary

• Consolidates multiple licensing program funds into a new "Division of Real Estate General Fund" effective July 1, 2023, affecting auctioneers, community association managers, home inspectors, and real estate professionals.

• Modifies criminal history reporting requirements for license applicants across multiple professions to exclude juvenile adjudications, arrests without conviction, and sealed/expunged records, while requiring licensees to report certain convictions within 30 days.

• Adds provisions for illegal discrimination enforcement, requiring license suspension or revocation when adjudicated or found in administrative proceedings, and establishes new citation procedures with associated fines for continuing education violations.

• Makes technical and grammatical updates throughout licensing statutes, including replacing gendered pronouns with gender-neutral language and clarifying licensee notification requirements.

• Repeals the Real Estate Regulation Transfer Act and removes Section 68 from the Appraisal Management Company Registration Act regarding criminal background checks for ownership interests.