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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1794
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5 By: Representatives Duke, Hawk
6 By: Senator C. Penzo
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTINUING
10 EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL ESTATE LICENSEES; TO
11 CREATE CONTINUING EDUCATION EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN
12 REAL ESTATE BROKER LICENSEES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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16 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTINUING
17 EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL ESTATE
18 LICENSEES; AND TO CREATE CONTINUING
19 EDUCATION EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN REAL
20 ESTATE BROKER LICENSEES.
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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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24 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 17-42-307(c), concerning the expiration and
25 renewal of a real estate license, is amended to read as follows:
26 (c)(1) To Except as provided under subdivision (c)(3) of this section,
27 to renew or reactivate a license, a licensee shall complete the number of
28 classroom hours of continuing education or the distance education equivalent
29 of continuing education required by the commission for each inactive year not
30 to exceed a total of thirty (30) classroom hours.
31 (2) Except as provided in subdivision (c)(1) of this section, a
32 person is not subject to the education requirements of this section while the
33 person's license is inactive.
34 (3)(A) The commission In addition to the continuing education
35 exemptions under subdivision (c)(3)(B) of this section, the Executive
36 Director of the Arkansas Real Estate Commission may waive all or part of the
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1 requirements of subdivision (c)(1) of this section:
2 (i) if If a licensee is unable to complete the
3 continuing education due to extenuating circumstances.;
4 (ii) On the basis of health-related concerns or
5 restrictions of the licensee; or
6 (iii) In recognition of a licensee's achievements,
7 including without limitation achievements relating to the real estate
8 industry or legislative service.
9 (B)(i) A salesperson licensee or an associate broker
10 licensee may submit a written application to the commission for exemption
11 from the requirements of subdivision (c)(1) of this section with satisfactory
12 proof that, in the calendar year immediately preceding the renewal or
13 reactivation of a salesperson license or an associate broker license, the
14 salesperson licensee or the associate broker licensee:
15 (a) Is seventy-two (72) years of age or older;
16 (b) Has held an active Arkansas salesperson or
17 an active Arkansas associate broker license for a consecutive twenty-five
18 (25) years or more;
19 (c) Has had no disciplinary action taken
20 against him or her by the commission during the five (5) years immediately
21 preceding the renewal or reactivation period of his or her salesperson
22 license or associate broker license; and
23 (d) Has had no delinquent continuing education
24 requirements under subdivision (c)(1) of this section during the five (5)
25 years immediately preceding the renewal or reactivation period of his or her
26 salesperson license or associate broker license.
27 (ii) A principal broker licensee or an executive
28 broker licensee may submit a written application to the commission for
29 exemption from the requirements of subdivision (c)(1) of this section with
30 satisfactory proof that, in the calendar year immediately preceding the
31 renewal or reactivation of a principal broker license or an executive broker
32 license, the principal broker licensee or an executive broker licensee:
33 (a) Is seventy-two (72) years of age or older;
34 (b) Has held an active Arkansas principal
35 broker license or an active Arkansas executive broker license for a
36 consecutive twenty-five (25) years or more;
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1 (c) Has had no disciplinary action taken
2 against himself or herself or a licensee under his or her supervision by the
3 commission during the five (5) years immediately preceding the renewal or
4 reactivation period of his or her principal broker license or executive
5 broker license; and
6 (d) Has had no delinquent continuing education
7 requirements himself or herself or a licensee under his or her supervision
8 has had no delinquent continuing education requirements under subdivision
9 (c)(1) of this section during the five (5) years immediately preceding the
10 renewal or reactivation period of his or her principal broker license or
11 executive broker license.
12 (4) A continuing education exemption approved by the executive
13 director under subdivision (c)(3) of this section may be revoked as a result
14 of disciplinary action taken against a licensee after approval is granted.
15 (5) A continuing education exemption denied by the executive
16 director under subdivision (c)(3) of this section may be appealed to the
17 commission.
18 (6) Except as provided under subdivision (c)(3) of this section,
19 an executive broker licensee, a principal broker licensee, an associate
20 broker licensee, or a salesperson licensee is not exempt from the
21 requirements of subdivision (c)(1) of this section.
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