In the Senate's Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee since October 13, 2026.
2025–2026 Regular Session
House Bill 2645
An Act amending the act of February 19, 1980 (P.L.15, No.9), known as the Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act, in definitions, further providing for definitions and for State Real Estate Commission; in application of the act and penalties, further providing for unlawful to conduct business without license or registration certificate, for civil suits, for criminal penalties and for civil penalty; in powers and duties of the State Real Estate Commission - general, further providing for duty to issue licenses and registration certificates and for approval of schools, providing for continuing education for licensed home inspectors and further providing for administration and enforcement; in qualifications and applications for licenses and registration certificates, further providing for reputation and inactive licensee and revoked license, repealing provisions relating to qualifications for license and to application for license and providing for home inspector license and home inspector-in-training registration; in duties of licensees, further providing for duty of brokers, cemetery brokers and rental listing referral agents to maintain office, for reciprocal licenses, for employment of associate brokers, salesperson and for broker price opinion; making a repeal; and making an editorial change.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
21 co-sponsors
Tim Brennan, Nancy Guenst, Jeanne McNeill, Tarah Probst, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Nikki Rivera, ED NEILSON, Robert E. Merski, Joe McAndrew, Milou Mackenzie, Melissa L. Shusterman, Dan K. Williams, Mandy Steele, DANIEL J. DEASY JR., Joe Ciresi, Perry S. Warren, Steven C. Mentzer, Heather Boyd, Liz Hanbidge, Joe Webster, Brenda M. Pugh
Its course
June 17 to October 13, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action14 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesJun 17 to Sep 29104 days
Professional LicensureJun 17 to Jun 247 days
RulesJun 24 to Sep 876 days
AppropriationsSep 28 to Sep 291 day
In the SenateFrom Sep 29
Consumer Protection & Professional LicensureFrom Oct 13
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
House of Representatives, third reading190–13
Passed · Sep 29
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 24
House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Sep 28
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jun 17 – Sep 29
- Jun 17Sent to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
- Jun 24PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE recommended it as amended
- Sent to RULES
- Sep 8RULES recommended it
- Sep 28Amended and read a second time
- Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
- Sep 29APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
- Passed the House of Representatives, 190 to 13
In the Senate Oct 13
- Oct 13Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
All 14 actions, as published
- Jun 17Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, June 17, 2026House of Representatives
- Jun 24Reported as amended, June 24, 2026House of Representatives
- Jun 24First consideration, June 24, 2026House of Representatives
- Jun 24Re-committed to RULES, June 24, 2026House of Representatives
- Sep 8Re-reported as committed, Sept. 8, 2026House of Representatives
- Sep 8Laid on the table, Sept. 8, 2026House of Representatives
- Sep 28Removed from table, Sept. 28, 2026House of Representatives
- Sep 28Second consideration, with amendments, Sept. 28, 2026House of Representatives
- Sep 28Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 28, 2026House of Representatives
- Sep 28(Remarks see House Journal Page ), Sept. 28, 2026House of Representatives
- Sep 29Re-reported as committed, Sept. 29, 2026House of Representatives
- Sep 29Third consideration and final passage, Sept. 29, 2026 (190-13)House of Representatives
- Oct 13In the SenateSenate
- Oct 13Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, Oct. 13, 2026Senate