SB 6257

S-4539.1
  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6257
 State of Washington  69th Legislature        2026 Regular Session
 By Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development  (originally
 sponsored by Senators Liias, Kauffman, and Nobles)
 READ FIRST TIME 02/04/26.
1     AN ACT Relating to trainee real estate appraisers; amending RCW
2 18.140.280; and providing an effective date.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
4     Sec. 1.   RCW 18.140.280 and 2019 c 51 s 4 are each amended to
5 read as follows:
6     (1)(a) The director may issue an original registration as a
7 state-registered trainee real estate appraiser, to be valid for a
8 term not exceeding two years together with a maximum of two renewals,
9 which must be completed within seven years from the original date of
10 registration, unless either period is interrupted due to illness or
11 other extenuating circumstances confirmed by a health care provider
12 or provider, or by service in the armed forces of the United States
13 of America. Only one of the renewals under this subsection may be
14 issued if the trainee has failed to meet qualification standards
15 necessary to take the written examination under RCW 18.140.100.
16     (b) For the purposes of this section, "health care provider" or
17 "provider" means:
18     (i) A person regulated under this title, to practice health or
19 health-related services or otherwise practicing health care services
20 in this state consistent with state law; or
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1      (ii) An employee or agent of a person described in (b)(i) of this
2  subsection, acting in the course and scope of his or her employment.
3      (c) The department may create a form for confirmation from a
4  health care provider or provider.
5      (2) A trainee real estate appraiser may not provide appraisal
6  services other than through and under the direct supervision of a
7  state-certified general real estate appraiser or a state-certified
8  residential real estate appraiser.
9     NEW SECTION.   Sec. 2.   Section 1 of this act takes effect May 1,
10 2027.
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