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CA AB 723

enacted

Real estate: digitally altered images: disclosure.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 723 pass?

Yes. CA AB 723 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 497, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 723 about?

Existing law, the Real Estate Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate brokers and salespersons by the Real Estate Commissioner, the chief officer of the Department of Real Estate within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Existing law provides various duties and obligations owed to a prospective purchaser of real property. A willful violation of the Real Estate Law is a crime. This bill would require a real estate broker or salesperson, or person acting on their behalf, who includes a digitally altered image, as defined, in an advertisement or other promotional material for the sale of real property to include a disclosure, as specified. If the advertisement or promotional material is posted on an internet website, the bill would require the same image without digital alteration to be included, as specified. By imposing new requirements on real estate licensees, the violation of which is a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA AB 723?

Pellerin is the primary sponsor of CA AB 723.

Description

Existing law, the Real Estate Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate brokers and salespersons by the Real Estate Commissioner, the chief officer of the Department of Real Estate within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Existing law provides various duties and obligations owed to a prospective purchaser of real property. A willful violation of the Real Estate Law is a crime. This bill would require a real estate broker or salesperson, or person acting on their behalf, who includes a digitally altered image, as defined, in an advertisement or other promotional material for the sale of real property to include a disclosure, as specified. If the advertisement or promotional material is posted on an internet website, the bill would require the same image without digital alteration to be included, as specified. By imposing new requirements on real estate licensees, the violation of which is a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced
2025-04-02
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 497, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pellerinauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 497, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 2. Page 3226.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2674.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  9. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  11. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2025-07-07

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  14. 2025-07-02

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  15. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and JUD.

    referral-committee

  16. 2025-06-04

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  17. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 2. Page 1978.)

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  18. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  20. 2025-04-30

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  21. 2025-04-07

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-04-03

    Read second time and amended.

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  23. 2025-04-02

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 1).

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  24. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  25. 2025-02-15

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  26. 2025-02-14

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
  • 04/03/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-03Compare
  • 07/02/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-02Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • AB723Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-01 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Berman: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 723 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 66-2

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Berman: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ellis: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Ta: other
    • Zbur: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Flora: other
    • Chen: other
    • Bains: other
    • Ramos: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-07-07 · pass · 8-3

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Strickland: no
    • Niello: no
    • Choi: no

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-15 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Valladares: no
    • Niello: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB723 Pellerin By Wahab

    2025-09-09 · pass · 29-10

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Grove: no
    • Jones: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Hurtado: other

  • AB 723 Pellerin Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 64-2

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Dixon: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Chen: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Zbur: other
    • Flora: other
    • Bains: other
    • Ta: other

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