Legislative Day 2025 

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Legislative Day Scholarship Program

C.A.R.’s Legislative Day Scholarship program is back. This program was designed to help local associations bring new members to Legislative Day who have never experienced it before. The associations can be reimbursed a certain amount for bringing these “first-timers” to Sacramento for Legislative Day and the money can be used to help underwrite travel, hotel, and meals.

Scholarship Submission Form
 (For local staff only) 

Here’s how it will work:

1.      Local associations identify and recruit “never been to Legislative Day” REALTORS^®. They must be able to participate in the Legislative Day 101 webinar on either April 22 at 2:00 p.m. or April 23 at 10:00 a.m. and MUST attend both the Morning Briefing and the office visit itself at Legislative Day on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

2.      Local associations will submit their names to C.A.R. between February 28 and April 4, 2025 using the Scholarship Submission Form. Email the completed form to [email protected].  We only have a certain number of registrations we can accommodate, so registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. We will notify you by April 7^th of who has been registered. Any names submitted who we can’t register initially will be put on a wait list determined by when their name is submitted. Again, we will notify you if we are able to reimburse for that REALTOR^®.

3.      After Legislative Day, we will send you a list and you simply certify those members who attended the Morning Briefing and the office visit. C.A.R. will send your association a check and then you reimburse your members as appropriate.

Timeline:

February 28– Initial registration open
April 4– Registration closes
April 22 2:00 p.m. or April 23 10:00 a.m. – Legislative Day 101 webinar. JUST ATTEND ONE.
Register for the Legislative Day 101 Webinar: Choose either April 22 at 2:00 p.m. OR April 23 at 10:00 a.m.
April 30 – Legislative Day
July 3 – deadline to submit final reimbursement form to C.A.R.

The fine print:

Only REALTORS^® can be registered for this program.

• The local association is responsible for determining if the member they are registering has attended Legislative Day previously.
  
  
• All members attending Legislative Day through this program must agree to attend the Legislative Day 101 webinar prior to Legislative Day.
  
  
• Local associations are responsible for notifying attendees about the requirements to receive a scholarship, which are:

  - Attend the Morning Briefing and office visit on Wednesday April 30, 2025

- Attend a Legislative Day 101 webinar either April 22 or 23, 2025.

• All members attending Legislative Day through this program must attend the Morning Briefing and the office visit to be eligible.
  
  
• The amount of the scholarship is determined by the distance between the local association’s office and the Sacramento Convention Center as listed in Google Maps.
  
  
• Scholarship funds CANNOT be used to reimburse members for contributing to the REALTOR^® Action Fund. If they wish to attend the Capitol Reception, they must be contributors to RAF, and again, they cannot legally be reimbursed for contributing.
  
  
• C.A.R. will reimburse the association and the individual association is responsible for reimbursing the member if the member paid out of pocket.
  
  
• Reimbursable expenses include mileage, airfare, bus rental, meals, and lodging.
  
  
• For those associations over 250 miles away from Sacramento, we have set aside two spots for each association over 1,000 members and one spot for each association with under 1,000 members. Any remaining applicants will be placed on our waitlist. You must submit your names by April 4^th, or you will lose those reserved slots. Local associations will be notified by April 7^th for any additional applicants from the waitlist who will be approved for a scholarship. Again, we will notify you if we are able to reimburse for that REALTOR^®.
  
  

Scholarship Awards

Amount per scholarship: 

Less than 50 miles Up to $50
51-150 miles Up to $100
151 miles-250 miles Up to $150
Greater than 250 miles Up to $225

Distance will be determined by distance between the physical address of the member’s local association and the Sacramento Convention Center as given by Google Maps.

Multicultural Legislative Day Scholarship

The C.A.R. Multicultural Legislative Day Scholarship is open to California REALTORS^® who come from communities that are underrepresented within C.A.R. membership.

Join us in Sacramento on April 29^th for our Legislative Day Block Party and on April 30^th for Legislative Day. You will be able to meet with your elected officials, enjoy great speakers and entertainment and network with REALTORS^® from around the state.  Scholarships are limited and on a first come, first served basis.

To apply, please contact your local association of REALTORS^®. 

Amount per scholarship: 

Less than 50 miles Up to $50
51-150 miles Up to $100
151 miles-250 miles Up to $150
Greater than 250 miles Up to $225

Who qualifies:  First time Legislative Day attendees who are from communities that are underrepresented within C.A.R. membership.

How dispersed: This scholarship is a reimbursement to the local associations in order to help with travel costs, not to individual attendees.  

Requirements of attendees: Attend morning briefing - 9am start, lawmaker office visit, Leg Day 101 webinar.

For questions about Multicultural Legislative Day Scholarship, contact DeAnthony Nelson at [email protected] or Meena Patel at [email protected].

Questions?

If you have any further questions, please contact [email protected].