---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensed professionals: engineers: geologists: geophysicists."
description: "Existing law, the Professional Engineers Act, generally regulates the practice of persons engaged in the practice of engineering. The act provides for a temporary authorization to practice engineering, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "California SB 152 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licensed professionals: engineers: geologists: geophysicists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2013-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2f07ebe-9fa6-45b5-8dab-389dc3b755a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB152"
source_hash: "a89261e0f3828aaf32c25b02503450aa44165cc5a584052c3250af20d3bf16eb"
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 SB 152 (20132014) — Licensed professionals: engineers: geologists: geophysicists.

Existing law, the Professional Engineers Act, generally regulates the practice of persons engaged in the practice of engineering. The act provides for a temporary authorization to practice engineering, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB152&version=20130SB15299INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB152&version=20130SB15298AMD)
3. **04/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB152&version=20130SB15297AMD)
4. **08/08/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB152&version=20130SB15296AMD)
5. **08/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB152&version=20130SB15294CHP)
6. **SB152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB152)
7. **08/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB152&version=20130SB15295ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB152 Roth Concurrence — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 152 Roth Senate Third Reading By GORDON — **57–19** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-31** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
- **2013-02-14** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2013-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 388.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 606.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-05** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 2509.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 1853.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 178, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2f07ebe-9fa6-45b5-8dab-389dc3b755a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).