---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified access specialist program: funding."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the State Architect to establish and publicize a program for voluntary certification by the state of any person who meets specified criteria as a certified access specialist (CASp) , as provided. Existing law, on and after January 1, 2013, and until December 31, 2017, inclusive, requires that any applicant for an original or renewal of a local business license or equivalent instrument or permit to pay an additional fee of $1 for that license, instrument, or permit, to be collected by the city, county, or city and county that issued the license, instrument, or permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1379"
citation: "California AB 1379 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Certified access specialist program: funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurmond"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bc2be39-852c-4bbc-bc99-ee351648cc19"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1379"
source_hash: "ca5ffa23080175bd7a80f8b22d18b9f6ac5a17c56eef4a24d31fa701eb2702bc"
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 1379 (20172018) — Certified access specialist program: funding.

(1) Existing law requires the State Architect to establish and publicize a program for voluntary certification by the state of any person who meets specified criteria as a certified access specialist (CASp) , as provided. Existing law, on and after January 1, 2013, and until December 31, 2017, inclusive, requires that any applicant for an original or renewal of a local business license or equivalent instrument or permit to pay an additional fee of $1 for that license, instrument, or permit, to be collected by the city, county, or city and county that issued the license, instrument, or permit.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1379&version=20170AB137999INT)
2. **03/30/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1379&version=20170AB137998AMD)
3. **10/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1379&version=20170AB137996CHP)
4. **AB1379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1379)
5. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1379&version=20170AB137997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1379 Thurmond By Jackson — **30–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thurmond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-30** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 2045.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-20** Measure version as amended on March 30 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2017-08-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2477.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 667, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bc2be39-852c-4bbc-bc99-ee351648cc19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).