---
type: "Bill"
title: "Architects: continuing education."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of architecture by the California Architects Board. Existing law requires a person licensed to practice architecture to complete, as a condition of license renewal, coursework regarding disability access requirements, as specified, to certify that completion, and to provide specified documentation to the board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1746"
citation: "California AB 1746 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Architects: continuing education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-08"
last_action: "2010-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f6157f1-a52e-46f9-95fa-6465404b527b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1746"
source_hash: "5e009e0442ca896f8d838fb5bfe581a3164277be6eb3b0c35ce9b216b45c3bb4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1746 (20092010) — Architects: continuing education.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of architecture by the California Architects Board. Existing law requires a person licensed to practice architecture to complete, as a condition of license renewal, coursework regarding disability access requirements, as specified, to certify that completion, and to provide specified documentation to the board.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/08/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1746&version=20090AB174699INT)
2. **06/21/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1746&version=20090AB174698AMD)
3. **09/24/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1746&version=20090AB174696CHP)
4. **AB1746** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1746)
5. **08/19/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1746&version=20090AB174697ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1746 Concurrence in Senate Amendments By COOK — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #30 AB1746 Emmerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1746 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2010-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2010-02-18** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-15** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4821.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-06-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-04** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4413.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6277.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2010-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 240, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f6157f1-a52e-46f9-95fa-6465404b527b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).