{"code":"INS","codeName":"Insurance Code","section":"1749.31","citation":"Ins. Code, § 1749.31","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING INSURANCE [100. - 1879.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1"},{"name":"PART 2. THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE [680. - 1879.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Production Agencies [1621. - 1758.993.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1/part-2/chapter-5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 13.5. Prelicensing and Continuing Education [1749. - 1749.9.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-1/part-2/chapter-5/article-13.5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 424, Sec. 16.   (SB 1242)   Effective January 1, 2023.","effective":"2023-01-01","html":"<p>(a) An individual licensed as a personal lines broker-agent shall complete required continuing education courses, programs of instruction, or seminars approved by the commissioner. The personal lines broker-agent shall complete 24 hours, of which three hours shall be in ethics, during each two-year license term as defined in subdivision (d) of Section <a href=\"/ins/1625.5\">1625.5</a>. On and after March 1, 2023, the three-hour ethics course shall include one hour of study on insurance fraud.</p><p>(b) An individual licensed as a personal lines broker-agent and as a life agent or accident and health or sickness agent shall satisfy the requirements of this section by satisfactorily completing 24 hours of instruction prior to renewal of the license.</p>","text":"(a) An individual licensed as a personal lines broker-agent shall complete required continuing education courses, programs of instruction, or seminars approved by the commissioner. The personal lines broker-agent shall complete 24 hours, of which three hours shall be in ethics, during each two-year license term as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 1625.5. On and after March 1, 2023, the three-hour ethics course shall include one hour of study on insurance fraud. (b) An individual licensed as a personal lines broker-agent and as a life agent or accident and health or sickness agent shall satisfy the requirements of this section by satisfactorily completing 24 hours of instruction prior to renewal of the license.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/prelicensing-and-continuing-education-1749-31","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}