---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: tax collectors: continuing education."
description: "Existing law requires a county treasurer, whether elected or appointed, to complete a valid continuing course of study, on or before June 30 of each 2-year period, and to provide certification of completion of that course to the Controller. The continuing education program is required to consist of, at a minimum, 24 hours or an equivalent amount of continuing education units within the discipline of treasury management, public finance, public administration, governmental accounting, or directly related subjects, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2131"
citation: "California AB 2131 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: tax collectors: continuing education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Olsen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/479f4720-6ac8-451f-b7ea-9d1b621761bd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2131"
source_hash: "35372f6d081fc73480ab0629da0b935936e3bd1f5d8e6ac6a133747092ae010a"
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 2131 (20112012) — Local government: tax collectors: continuing education.

Existing law requires a county treasurer, whether elected or appointed, to complete a valid continuing course of study, on or before June 30 of each 2-year period, and to provide certification of completion of that course to the Controller. The continuing education program is required to consist of, at a minimum, 24 hours or an equivalent amount of continuing education units within the discipline of treasury management, public finance, public administration, governmental accounting, or directly related subjects, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2131&version=20110AB213199INT)
2. **06/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2131&version=20110AB213198AMD)
3. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2131&version=20110AB213196CHP)
4. **AB2131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2131)
5. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2131&version=20110AB213197ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2131 OLSEN Assembly Third Reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2131 OLSEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Olsen — primary (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4977.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4443.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5892.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 696, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/479f4720-6ac8-451f-b7ea-9d1b621761bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).