Connecticut Realtors' alternative mandatory course keeps a 180-minute total but reallocates time to add 35 minutes on implicit bias, 18 minutes for upcoming public-listing rules, and a new wire-advisory form to detect seller-impersonation fraud.

Arkansas House approves multiple bills enhancing transparency and committee structure.

Vic Hartman, executive director and general counsel of the Illinois Human Rights Commission, told the Senate Appropriations panel on Jan. 15 the agency needs a $25,000 budget adjustment after expected HUD payments for last year’s fair-housing work have not arrived; Hartman warned proposed HUD rules could limit the Commission’s ability to enforce gender-identity protections and disparate-impact claims.

Senate Bill 477 would set new time limits for appraisal-related lawsuits and extend some fair-housing claims and recordkeeping to 12 years; appraisers testified the retention and extended limitation are operationally burdensome and urged reverting to the bill's original limits.